NAME

bldfamily − build font family description

SYNOPSIS

bldfamily [ −d dirname ] [ −f n ]

DESCRIPTION

bldfamily scans dirname for NeWS font files (files with extensions .fb and .fm) and constructs a NeWS font family file for each group of font files with the same family name.  bldfamily also creates a file named Families.list that contains a list of all the font families in the directory.  If dirname is not specified, it defaults to $FONTDIR if defined, to ‘.’ otherwise.  Each family file that is built is given the family name followed by the suffix .ff. 

A font family is a set of font files that are grouped together to provide a single POSTSCRIPT font.  In the POSTSCRIPT language, each font has a name, such as Times-Roman, and can be rendered in many different sizes.  A NeWS font file is an instance of a POSTSCRIPT font at a particular size.  Font family files contain the information necessary for NeWS to pick the right bitmap font. 

OPTIONS

−d dirnameSpecifies the directory to scan and put the .ff file into. 

−f nSets the maximum length of an output filename (excluding extension) to n .  When writing NeWS format files, NeWS normally constructs the output filename from the name of the font and its scaling factors.  Some systems cannot cope with long file names, so this option can be used to squeeze the name heuristically.  The default value is 8. 

EXAMPLE

example% bldfamily -d /usr/newfonts

In this example, bldfamily scans /usr/newfonts and builds a font family file called /usr/newfonts/Boston.ff. 

SEE ALSO

convertfont(1)

TRADEMARK

POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc. 

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 14 June 1989