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update-fonts-scale(8) update-fonts-scale(8)
NAME
update-fonts-scale - generate fonts.scale files
SYNOPSIS
update-fonts-scale [OPTION] directory ...
DESCRIPTION
update-fonts-scale assembles a fonts.scale file in an X font directory using one or more
scale files found in a subdirectory of /etc/X11/fonts/. It is typically invoked only from
the post-installation and post-removal scripts of a package containing scalable fonts
usable by the X Window System whose X LFD font names are not in the font files themselves,
but may be invoked at any time to reconstruct fonts.scale files. For each directory,
which is either an absolute path to an X font directory or (preferably) simply the last
component of its path (such as '75dpi' or 'misc'), update-fonts-scale will assemble either
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/directory/fonts.scale or /usr/share/fonts/X11/directory/fonts.scale
from the index files found at /etc/X11/fonts/directory/package.scale, where package is the
name of the package installing the fonts.
This enables multiple packages to provide names for fonts in the same directory. No font
package actually provides the fonts.scale file in the X font directory itself, so there is
no danger of overwriting one package's font names with those of another.
For instance, the two packages 'xfonts-scalable' (real) and 'xfonts-nifty' (hypothetical)
may both install fonts into the directory /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1. They each place their
fonts.scale files in /etc/X11/fonts/Type1/xfonts-scalable.scale and
/etc/X11/fonts/Type1/xfonts-nifty.scale (respectively). update-fonts-scale concatenates
these two files (as well as any others that match /etc/X11/fonts/Type1/*.scale) into
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/fonts.scale.
The format for fonts.scale files is given in the mkfontdir(1x) manual page.
An example of how to use update-fonts-scale in package maintainer scripts is provided in
the Debian Policy Manual.
OPTIONS
-h, --help displays a brief usage message and exits.
OPERANDS
update-fonts-scale takes one or more X font directory names to operate on as operands.
Only the final path component of the directory name should be specified; e.g.,
update-fonts-scale 75dpi
is correct, while 'update-fonts-scale /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi' and
'update-fonts-scale /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi' are not.
ENVIRONMENT
COLUMNS
indicates the width of the terminal device in character cells. This value is used
for formatting diagnostic messages. If not set, the terminal is queried using
stty(1) to determine its width. If that fails, a value of '80' is assumed.
DEBUG determines whether low-level diagnostic messages are issued to standard error out-
put. A null (empty) or unset value indicates that they are not, and a non-null
value indicates that they are.
DIAGNOSTICS
Errors
usage error: one or more font directories must be provided
update-fonts-scale was invoked without operands. Supply one or more X font direc-
tory names to operate on.
usage error: unrecognized option
update-fonts-scale was invoked with an unrecognized option argument. Use only the
options documented in "OPTIONS", above.
fatal error: path to X font directory must be used
A directory name was supplied that was not an X font directory name. Supply X font
directory names only.
Warnings
warning: absolute path directory was provided
Usage of absolute paths is deprecated. Use only the final component of the X font
directory name for directory.
warning: directory does not exist or is not a directory
The supplied directory was invalid. update-fonts-scale skipped it.
Notes
Notes are only displayed under special circumstances; see "ENVIRONMENT". above.
note: index references nonexistent font file filename
The index file /etc/X11/fonts/directory/package.scale, refers to a nonexistent font
file, filename. This is normal when package has been removed, but not purged from
the system. In other circumstances, it likely indicates an error in package.
EXIT STATUS
0 update-fonts-scale ran successfully.
1 update-fonts-scale experienced a fatal error; see the section on diagnostic mes-
sages above.
2 update-fonts-scale was invoked with invalid arguments.
BUGS
See the Debian Bug Tracking System <http://bugs.debian.org/xfonts-utils>. If you wish to
report a bug in update-fonts-scale, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or
the reportbug(1) command.
AUTHOR
update-fonts-scale was written by Branden Robinson.
SEE ALSO
mkfontdir(1x)
Debian Project 2004-11-12 update-fonts-scale(8)
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