T1LIBCONFIG(8)

📦 version 5.1.2, in epel 10, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, gather round: t1libconfig — she makes the t1lib.config and FontDataBase files for t1lib. that's the whole job. it's giving ✨font wrangler✨. and yes she lives in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, iykyk 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

(no i did not lose a bracket, that's just how she's written down, we don't question the icon 💅)

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what she does is: she goes and scans a whole list of directories looking for Type 1 fonts and font metric files, and then she generates a configuration file and a font database file for the t1lib rasterizer library based on whatever she found. slay 🦋

by default, she looks in all the subdirectories of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts, and in /usr/lib/ghostscript. like, all of them. every last one.

you can also hand her extra directories to search on the command line, and she'll take those too 🫶

also important: the t1libconfig script tries not to scan the same directory twice. but listen — this is not foolproof, because /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts and /usr/lib/X11/fonts typically point to the same directory on GNU/Linux systems. so like... she's doing her best, but the filesystem is the filesystem 😭

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -v, --version — prints the version of t1libconfig and then dips. that's it, that's the whole thing. exit stage left 👑
  • -h, --help — prints help about usage and exits. your girl is helpful fr fr 🌈
  • --force — forces the generation of brand new configuration files even if those files already exist on the system. like, she's going to overwrite them, no matter what's already sitting there. > ⚠️ bestie this one does not care about what you already have, so be sure before you flex it 💀

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /etc/t1lib/t1lib.config — contains configuration information for t1lib, including colon-separated lists of paths to Type 1 font files and font metrics files, and the location of the default font database file. the whole lore is in here ✨
  • /etc/t1lib/FontDataBase — contains a list of the names of Type 1 font files to be used by t1lib. just the names, keeping it cute and minimal 💜

💫 AUTHOR 💫

David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org> — the icon who made this happen. thank you for your service 🫡💖

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

and that's the whole page, babe 🌸 — this was T1LIBCONFIG(8) from the System Manager's Manual, mwah 💋 go forth and configure your fonts, you're the main character now 💅✨🎀

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