XFSTT(1x)

NAME
xfstt - X11 font server for *ttf fonts

SYNOPSIS
xfstt [--port n] [--dir dirname] [--unstrap] [--multi] [--once] [--user username] [[--gslist] --sync] [--res resolution] [--encoding list] [--help]

DESCRIPTION
Xfstt serves *ttf fonts to X11 servers. Start xfstt then tell X11 about the font server with xset fp+ unix/:7101 or (assuming the X11 server runs on host 127.0.0.1) xset fp+ inet/127.0.0.1:7101

OPTIONS

--sync
    Synchronize the font database with installed fonts and exit when done. Don't do this while xfstt is running.

--gslist
    Print font list in a format usable for ghostscript during --sync. Currently the --gslist option has to be before the --sync option: xfstt --gslist --sync

--user username
    This is a security feature which is designed to lessen the impact of any future security holes which are found in xfstt. This will cause xfstt to set its UID and GID to that of the specified user (if that user doesn't exist then it will use your current UID and GID)

--encoding
    Remap to different encodings. Default is iso8859-1. Usage example:
    xfstt --encoding iso8859-2,koi8-r,windows-1251
    !!! NOTE: one comma but no blanks between the encodings !!!

--port number
    Change the port number for xfstt's font services. This version of Xfstt defaults to --port 7101.

--dir name
    Change xfstt's font directory. The default is --dir /usr/share/fonts/truetype.

--res value
    Force the resolution for underspecified fonts to value (typically 96 or 120). Default is the value the X11 server suggests which can be adjusted by the -dpi option of the X11 server. Standard X11 servers have defaults of 72 dpi.

--unstrap
    Allow some more unicode characters. This is dangerous for many X11 servers. Start the X server with the "-deferglyphs 16" option to give the X server a better chance of surviving. For very carefully implemented X servers you may recompile with UNSTRAPLIMIT set to 65535 in order to get the complete unicode range.

--once
    Exit after the font client disconnects.

--multi
    Opposite of --once option. This has become the default behaviour, so it is obsolete now and is ignored for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in a future release.

--inetd
    Tell xfstt to be used as inetd service.

--daemon
    Behave like a daemon.

--help
    Print brief usage information on standard output and exit.

SEE ALSO
xfs(1), xset(1), X(1), inetd(8).