NAME

font_update_2.0 − updates PostScript fonts for 2.0 WindowServer

SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/font_update_2.0 [ librarydir ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

font_update_2.0 is a C shell script used to reorganize NEXTSTEP font directories from NEXTSTEP Release 1.0 style to NEXTSTEP Release 2.0 (and later) style.  Fonts in NEXTSTEP exist in three subdirectories: /NextLibrary/Fonts, /LocalLibrary/Fonts, and ~/Library/Fonts.  Previously, each PostScript font had its component files split into three subdirectories (outline, bitmap, and afm).  Now, all of the information for a given font is stored in a single subdirectory called <fontname>.font.  For example, in the new scheme, an ls of /NextLibrary/Fonts will give:

Courier-Bold.font
Courier-BoldOblique.font
Courier-Oblique.font
Courier.font
Helvetica-Bold.font
<etc>

This new structure allows fonts to be simply maintained using the Workspace. 

This shell script builds this new structure for whatever fonts exist in the <dir>/Fonts/outline directory.  If no argument is passed, ~/Library is used.  font_update_2.0 also leaves behind symbolic links for the old style, allowing older appkits and applications that rely on the old font organization to work.  The WindowServer itself supports both organizations. 

EXAMPLES

Root should do the following during a 2.0 update:

>font_update_2.0 /NextLibrary /LocalLibrary

Users with fonts in ~/Library should do the following to update their personal fonts (most people don’t have any):

>font_update_2.0

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  April 14, 1990