Fonts in XFree86 
- 1. Introduction 
- 1.1. Two font systems 
 
- 2. Installing fonts
- 2.1. Configuring Xft
- 2.1.1. Installing fonts in Xft 
- 2.1.2. Fine-tuning Xft 
- 2.1.3. Configuring applications 
- 2.1.4. Troubleshooting 
 
- 2.2. Configuring the core X11 fonts system 
- 2.2.1. Installing bitmap fonts 
- 2.2.2. Installing scalable fonts 
- 2.2.3. Installing CID-keyed fonts 
- 2.2.4. Setting the server's font path 
- 2.2.4.1. Temporary modification of the font path 
- 2.2.4.2. Permanent modification of the font path 
 
- 2.2.5. Troubleshooting 
 
 
- 3. Fonts included with XFree86 
- 3.1. Standard bitmap fonts 
- 3.2. The ClearlyU Unicode font family 
- 3.3. Standard scalable fonts 
- 3.3.1. Standard Type 1 fonts 
- 3.3.2. Standard Speedo fonts 
 
- 3.4. The Bigelow & Holmes Luxi family 
 
- 4. More about core fonts 
- 4.1. Core fonts and internationalisation 
- 4.1.1. The fontenc layer 
- 4.1.2. Backend-specific notes about fontenc 
- 4.1.2.1. The FreeType backend 
- 4.1.2.2. Type 1 
- 4.1.2.3. Speedo 
 
- 4.1.3. Format of encoding directory files 
- 4.1.4. Format of encoding files 
- 4.1.5. Using symbol fonts 
- 4.1.6. Hints about using badly encoded fonts 
- 4.1.6.1. Using fonts with the designer's encoding 
- 4.1.6.2. Specifying an ad hoc encoding file 
- 4.1.6.3. Specifying font aliases 
 
 
- 4.2. Additional notes about scalable core fonts 
- 4.2.1. About the FreeType backend 
- 4.2.2. About the X-TrueType TrueType backend 
- 4.2.3. Delayed glyph rasterisation 
 
 
- 5. Appendix: background and terminology 
- 5.1. Characters and glyphs 
- 5.2. Font files, fonts, and XLFD 
- 5.3. Unicode 
 
- 6. References