Fontconfig questions
Julien Enselme
jujens at jujens.eu
Fri Apr 25 13:52:58 UTC 2014
On 04/25/2014 02:40 PM, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
>
> Le Ven 25 avril 2014 13:49, Julien Enselme a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> While packaging SimpleCV (#1070946), we found some included fonts that
>> are not yet available in Fedora. I am now on the process of packaging
>> them. I am currently focussing on Astloch font. Here is the fontconfig
>> file I created for review. I am not sure about the prefix. I guess that
>> 61 is OK.
>>
>> Bugzilla ticket: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081782
>> Filename: 61-astloch-fonts.conf
>
> You need to map the font twice to the generic name. The first so
> fontconfig knows it can complete the font with the generic, the second to
> tell fonctonfig it can use the font to build the generic
>
> https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/fontpackages.git/tree/fontconfig-templates/basic-font-template.conf
>
> The prefix choice only matters for the second mapping. If you choose a
> prefix which is too low your font will be used in monospace before other
> more mainstream fonts.
>
> Beware that monolinear does not mean monospace. A monospace font uses the
> same width for all letters
>
OK, thanks for your quick answer. If I understood correctly, this one is
correct:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<alias>
<family>monolinear</family>
<prefer>
<family>Astloch</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>Astloch</family>
<default>
<family>monolinear</family>
</default>
</alias>
</fontconfig>
>> I also guess that I must create a wiki page about the font but I haven't
>> found any particular instructions in the wiki. Maybe a copy/paste +
>> adaptation of an existing page is OK?
>
> Yes, cut and paste is IT's duct tape
OK, I am doing that now.
>
> Regards,
>
Regards,
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