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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 FONT_UPDATE_2.0(1)