diff --git a/Manuals/Tcar-fs/en_US/Trunk/identity-fonts.texinfo b/Manuals/Tcar-fs/en_US/Trunk/identity-fonts.texinfo index 7bb5a84..76f6036 100644 --- a/Manuals/Tcar-fs/en_US/Trunk/identity-fonts.texinfo +++ b/Manuals/Tcar-fs/en_US/Trunk/identity-fonts.texinfo @@ -3,9 +3,33 @@ @cindex Trunk identity fonts The @file{trunk/Identity/Fonts} directory exists to organize -typographies used inside @value{TCPCVI} that aren't available on +typographies used inside @value{TCPCVI}. Most fonts stored inside this +location are TrueType Fonts (@file{.ttf}) that aren't available inside @file{/usr/share/fonts} directory. +@c -- describe, in one paragraph, what a font is. + +In order for fonts to be available inside programs like GIMP and +Inkscape, font files should be stored either in +@file{/usr/share/fonts} or @file{~/.fonts} directory. These locations +are out of @value{TCAR} and doesn't provide version control by +themselves. In order for using version controlled fonts inside +programs like GIMP and Inkscape, we store font related files under +@file{trunk/Identity/Fonts} directory and create links to them from +@file{~/.fonts} directory. + +@float Example, trunk-identity-fonts-1 +@verbatim +trunk/Identity/Fonts +`-- denmark.ttf (file) <-- ~/.fonts/denmark.ttf (link) +@end verbatim +@caption{Relation between fonts inside the workstation.} +@end float + +The creation and maintainance of links related to fonts inside the +working copy are automated by @code{prepare} functionality of +@command{centos-art.sh} script. + @image{trunk/Identity/Images/Manuals/Fonts/dejavu-lgc,443pt,,,} Inside @value{TCPCVI}, the @samp{DejaVu LGC} typography is used as