MKFONTDIR(1X11)         COMMAND REFERENCE         MKFONTDIR(1X11)



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

SYNOPSIS
     mkfontdir [ directory-names ]

     This is a supported client.

DESCRIPTION
     For each directory argument, mkfontdir reads all the font
     files in the directory, searching for properties 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 mkfontdir depend on
     configuration parameters, but typically include Server
     Normal Font (suffix .snf), compressed Server Normal Font
     (suffix .snf.Z), Bitmap Distribution Font (suffix .bdf), and
     compressed Bitmap Distribution Font (suffix .bdf.Z).

     If a font exists in multiple formats, the most efficient
     format will be used.

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 two white-space separated columns, the first
     containing aliases and the second containing font-name
     patterns.

     When a font alias is used, the name it references is
     searched for in the normal manner, looking through each font
     directory 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 the
     space(s) in double-quote marks.  To embed double-quote marks
     (or any other character), precede them with a back-slash:

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

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





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MKFONTDIR(1X11)         COMMAND REFERENCE         MKFONTDIR(1X11)



USES
     The file Xserver(1x11) looks for both fonts.dir and
     fonts.alias in each directory in the font path each time it
     is set (see xset(1x11)).

SEE ALSO
     X(1x11), Xserver(1x11), and xset(1x11).
















































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