NCDMKFONTDIR(1)          USER COMMANDS            NCDMKFONTDIR(1)



NAME
     ncdmkfontdir - create fonts.dir file from directory of  font
     files

SYNOPSIS
     ncdmkfontdir [-fs] [directory-names]

DESCRIPTION
     Mkfontdir For each directory  argument,  ncdmkfontdir  reads
     all of the font files in the directory searching for proper-
     ties named "FONT", or (failing that) the name  of  the  file
     stripped of its suffix.  These are used as font names, which
     are written out to the file  "fonts.dir"  in  the  directory
     along with the name of the font file.

     The kinds of font files read by ncdmkfontdir depends on con-
     figuration  parameters,  but  typically  include PCF (suffix
     ".pcf"), SNF (suffix ".snf") and BDF (suffix ".bdf").  If  a
     font  exists  in  multiple  formats, ncdmkfontdir will first
     choose PCF, then SNF and finally BDF.

OPTIONS
     -fs     Causes ncdmkfontdir to recognize fonts used  by  the
             font server, but not by the X terminal.

SCALABLE FONTS
     Because scalable font files do not  usually  include  the  X
     font name, the fonts.dir file in directories containing such
     fonts must be edited by  hand  to  include  the  appropriate
     entries for those fonts.  However, when ncdmkfontdir is run,
     all of those additions will be lost, so be careful.

FONT NAME ALIASES
     The file "fonts.alias" which can be put in any directory  of
     the  font-path  is  used to map new names to existing fonts,
     and should be edited by hand.  The format is  straight  for-
     ward  enough,  two  white-space separated columns, the first
     containing aliases and the second containing font-name  pat-
     terns.

     When a font alias is used, the name it references is  search
     for  in  the normal manner, looking through each font direc-
     tory in turn.  This means that the aliases need not  mention
     fonts in the same directory as the alias file.

     To embed white-space in either name, simply enclose them  in
     double-quote  marks,  to  embed  double-quote  marks (or any
     other character), precede them with back-slash:

     "magic-alias with spaces"     "\"font\name\" with quotes"
     regular-alias            fixed




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NCDMKFONTDIR(1)          USER COMMANDS            NCDMKFONTDIR(1)



     If the string "FILE_NAMES_ALIASES" stands alone on  a  line,
     each  file-name  in  the directory (stripped of it's suffix)
     will be used as an alias for that font.

USAGE
     Both the X server and the Font Server look  for  "fonts.dir"
     and  "fonts.alias"  files in each directory in the font path
     each time it is set (see xset(1)).

SEE ALSO
     X(1), Xserver(1), fs(1), xset(1)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright 1988-1993 Network  Computing  Devices,  Inc.   All
     rights reserved.








































NCDware 3.1                                                     2