MKCFM(1)MKCFM(1)NAMEmkcfm - create summaries of font metric files in CID font
directories
SYNOPSISmkcfm [CID-font-directory-name]
DESCRIPTION
There is usually only one CID font directory on the X font
path. It is usually called /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID.
If you do not specify an argument, mkcfm will try to go
through the subdirectories of that directory, and create
one summary of font metric files for each CIDFont (charac-
ter descriptions) file and each CMap (Character Maps) file
it finds. The summaries of font metric files are put in
the existing CFM subdirectory. The CFM subdirectories are
created when CID-keyed fonts are installed.
If you specify a CID font directory as an argument, mkcfm
will try to go through the subdirectories of that direc-
tory, and create one summary of font metric files for each
CIDFont file and each CMap file it finds. mkcfm will cal-
culate the summaries of the font metric files stored in
AFM subdirectories of the CID font directory.
Those summaries are needed by the rasterizer of CID-keyed
fonts to speed up the response to X font calls. If those
files do not exist, CID rasterizer will have to go through
usually large font metric files, and calculate the sum-
maries itself each time the font is called. You will
notice a substantial wait on a call to a large CID-keyed
font.
FILES
.afm files Each CID-keyed font file is supposed to
have a font metric file (.afm file). mkcfm
creates summary files (.cfm files) of those
font metric files. mkcfm should be run
whenever a change is made to the files
stored in the subdirectories of the CID
font directory. For example, it should be
run when new CID fonts are installed.
.cfm files Summaries of font metric (.afm) files cre-
ated by mkcfm.
SEE ALSO
The rasterizer for CID-keyed fonts in the directory
xc/lib/font/Type1.
CID Fonts Version 1.0 Release 1.0 1