indexttf.8


NAME

indexttf - Add TrueType fonts to PPR's database


SYNOPSIS

indexttf file1 file2 file3 ... filen


DESCRIPTION

The arguments to indexttf are a list of TrueType font files. These files should be in the format used by Microsoft Windows. Indexttf opens each file and reads its PostScript name. The PostScript name and the file name are added to a database which PPR uses to find TrueType fonts to include in documents.

Indexttf will not add a font if there is already a font with that PostScript name in the database. The only way to remove entries from the database is to delete the file /etc/ppr/ttfonts.db.

It is recomended that you put the TrueType fonts you want to use in the directory /usr/ppr/TTFonts and then index them with the command

$ /usr/ppr/bin/indexttf /usr/ppr/TTFonts/*.ttf

All file names fed to indexttf should be fully qualified.


FILES

The TrueType font database is stored in the file /etc/ppr/ttfonts.db. Prior to version 1.30 it was stored in /etc/ppr/ttfonts.


BUGS

If you choose to compile PPR without GDBM, this program will be non-functional.


SEE ALSO

``PPR, a PostScript Print Spooler''


HISTORY

PPR was written at Trinity College during 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996.


AUTHOR

David Chappell, Trinity College Computing Center, Hartford, Connecticut.