BLDFAMILY(1) — USER COMMANDS
NAME
bldfamily − build font family description
SYNOPSIS
bldfamily [ −ddirname ] [ −ooutname ] [ −v ] names
DESCRIPTION
bldfamily scans a sets of NeWS font files and produces a NeWS font family file. A font family is a set of font files that are grouped together to provide a single font. In the , a font has a name, like Times-Roman, and can be rendered in many different sizes. A NeWS font file is an instance of a font at a particular size. Font family files contain the information necessary for NeWS to pick the right bitmap font.
bldfamily scans directory dirname for files with extension ".fb" or ".fm" and where the leading non-digit characters of the filename match one of the names . The family file that is built will be written to dirname/outname.ff.
If outname isn’t specified, it defaults to the first of the names . If dirname isn’t specified, it defaults to "$FONDIR" if defined, "." otherwise. If names isn’t specified bldfamily scans dirname for all font files and builds all the possible family files.
OPTIONS
−ddirnameSpecifies the directory to scan and put the .ffam file into.
−ooutnameSpecifies the output font name
−vVerbose − gives a more detailed description of what is going on.
EXAMPLE
paper% dumpfont -d /usr/newfonts -n Boston boston∗.vfont
paper% bldfamily -d/usr/newfonts Boston
The first command calls dumpfont and converts all the vfont files whose names match "boston∗.vfont" into NeWS format. It puts them into /usr/newfonts and changes their font name to Boston (it would have defaulted to boston). The second command calls bldfamily and scans /usr/newfonts for "Boston∗.fb" and builds a font family file for them, which will be called /usr/newfonts/Boston.ff.
SEE ALSO
DIAGNOSTICS
filename isn’t a font file
bldfamily has found a file that matches one of the names and has an appropriate extension, but it isn’t a valid font file. You should probably ignore this message.
TRADEMARK
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Sun Release 4.1 — Last change: 2 December 1987