This directory contains free X11 fonts (BDF format) for all characters
that Emacs 20 can handle. They are classified into several
categories, with one archive file (*.tar) for each category.
This directory also contains the following two files:
README -- this file
Makefile -- to install fonts
1. Instructions for installing these fonts
1.1 Suppose that you put copies of font archives in $DISTDIR.
This directory should contain Makefile as well as this README file and
archive files.
Suppose that you want to install fonts in the directory $INSTDIR.
This directory should be readable by your X server.
1.1 cd to $DISTDIR
1.2 Run the command `make' with one arguement `all'.
Then all fonts in the archive files you put in $DISTDIR are installed
in the directory:
/usr/local/share/emacs/fonts
If this direcotry is different from $INSTDIR, run `make' as follows:
% make INSTALLDIR=$INSTDIR all
If you want to install only some portions of the fonts in $DISTDIR,
read the explanation displayed by:
% make
1.3 The step 1.2 only converts fonts to a format X server can read
(PCF format) and put them in proper directory. You must inform your X
server about the new fonts.
You can tell one X session to use the installed fonts with:
% xset +fp $INSTDIR
On some systems, you may have to give absolute pathname to the command
`xset'.
To make the effect permanent for future X sessions, you probably have
to edit certain files in yout X installation, for instance, include
the following line in your ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession.
xset +fp $INSTDIR
2. List of font archives
2.1 Classification of archive files
Fonts are classified by the following regions:
European, Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Ethiopic, Misc
and this directory contains the following kinds of archives.
o REGION.tar
The fonts in these archives are the fonts of normal size (less than or
equal to 24dots) not included in the standard distribution of X window
system. You surely need all of them to correctly display all
characters supported by Emacs 20.
o REGION-X.tar
The fonts in these archives are fonts of normal size included in the
standard distribution of X window system. You may not need them if
you have already installed X's fonts (distributed under `misc'
subdirectory).
o REGION-BIG.tar
The fonts in these archives are fonts of big size (greater than
24dots). None of them are included in the standard distribution of X
window system. You need them only when you surely want to see big
characters. But, they do not cover all character sets.
This directory also contains the archives of fonts classified by their
sizes (see the tail of this file). They contain both fonts included
in X's distribution and fonts not included in it.
Misc.tar -- fonts for the other regions
etl{14,16,24}-ipa.bdf -- International Phonetic Alphabet
etl{14,16,24}-hebrew.bdf -- Hebrew (ISO8859-8)
etl{16,24}-arabic0.bdf -- Arabic digits
etl{16,24}-arabic1.bdf -- Arabic single column
etl{16,24}-arabic2.bdf -- Arabic double columnfont
