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NAME
cidxfonts - build X style font directory for CID-keyed fonts
SYNOPSIS
cidxfonts [-v] [-x x-font-dir] [-m ps2xlfd_map]
DESCRIPTION
cidxfonts is a utility normally run during the installation
process which processes CID-keyed fonts and creates files
necessary for the operation of the X server or font server.
After preprocessing some of the font files to improve font
performance, the fonts.scale file is created based on
information in ps2xlfd_map files. Finally, cidxfonts will
run mkfontdir to generate the necessary fonts.dir file. If
some condition exists that prevents cidxfonts from
effectively generating a directory, the utility at least
attempts to create a fonts.dir file with a "0" in it to
indicate an empty font directory; if a fonts.dir file
already exists, it is left alone.
Warning: The old contents of fonts.scale will be overwritten
and old generated files are remove before new files are
created.
OPTIONS
cidxfonts supports the following getopt(3) style command
line options:
-v Verbose output (not very verbose).
-d Debug output.
-x x-font-directory
Specifies the directory CID fonts are located in. This
defaults to /usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID.
-m ps2xlfd_map
Specifies the PostScript to XLFD mapping file. This
overrides the use of the PS2XLFD_MAP environment
variable and the default /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ps2xlfd_map
location. This file and any files in the same directory
ending in a dot-started suffix will be searched for
mappings. For example, you can create a file
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/ps2xlfd_map.local for your own local
mappings.
mkfontdir(1), fs(1), X(1)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
PS2XLFD_MAP environment variable determines where to find
the file supplying the mapping from PostScript font names to
X XLFD names. If unset, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ps2xlfd_map is
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