Fonts in XFree86

Juliusz Chroboczek, jch@xfree86.org

21 January 2001

1. Introduction

2. Installing fonts

2.1. Installing bitmap fonts

2.2. Installing scalable fonts

2.3. Installing CID-keyed fonts

2.4. Setting the server's font path

2.5. Troubleshooting

3. Fonts included with XFree86

3.1. Standard bitmap fonts

3.2. The ClearlyU Unicode font family

3.3. Standard scalable fonts

3.4. The Bigelow & Holmes Lucidux family

4. Fonts and internationalisation

4.1. The fontenc layer

4.2. Backend-specific notes about fontenc

4.3. Format of encoding directory files

4.4. Format of encoding files

4.5. Using symbol fonts

4.6. Hints about using badly encoded fonts

5. Additional notes about TrueType support

5.1. The FreeType TrueType backend

5.2. The X-TrueType TrueType backend

6. Appendix: background and terminology

6.1. Characters and glyphs

6.2. Font files, fonts, and XLFD

7. References

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