NAME¶
d.font - Selects the font in which text will be displayed on the
user's graphics monitor.
KEYWORDS¶
display, setup
SYNOPSIS¶
d.font
d.font help
d.font [-
lL] [
font=
string]
[
path=
string] [
charset=
string] [--
verbose]
[--
quiet]
Flags:¶
- -l
-
List fonts
- -L
-
List fonts verbosely
- --verbose
-
Verbose module output
- --quiet
-
Quiet module output
Parameters:¶
- font=string
-
Choose new current font
Default: romans
- path=string
-
Path to Freetype-compatible font including file name
- charset=string
-
Character encoding
Default: UTF-8
DESCRIPTION¶
d.font.freetype selects the freetype font in which text will be displayed
on the user's graphics monitor.
The text (character strings) displayed on the GRASS monitor was
internationalized. Internationalization does not use vector (Hershey) fonts as
the old version, but it uses instead TrueType fonts which enables the display
of Double Byte characters such as Japanese character set. To set up TrueType
fonts,
d.font.freetype performs font and character encodings. This
internationalization can now display Japanese and other (asian) language texts
from vector labels, legends, etc.
USAGE¶
To enable displaying of a TrueType font on the GRASS monitor, run:
d.mon x0
d.font.freetype [font=TrueTypefontname] [charset=encoding]
#with:
# [font]: TrueType font path (full path including font file name)
# [charset]: character encoding (EUC-JP, UTF-8, SJIS)
# Examples on Redhat Linux 9.x:
d.font.freetype font=/usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType/kochi-gothic.ttf
charset=EUC-JP
d.font.freetype font=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luximb.ttf
# Example on Mandrake 10:
d.font.freetype font=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ipag.ttf charset=EUC-JP
d.font.freetype font=/usr/share/fonts/openoffice/Vera.ttf
d.font.freetype font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/vera/Vera.ttf
# Example using the freetypecap file:
d.font.freetype -l
d.font.freetype font=batang
DEFINITION FILE¶
To help users select fonts conveniently, the definition file,
$(GISBASE)/etc/freetypecap, is provided. Its format is as follows:
font:fontpath:charset:description
*default_font:fontpath:charset:description
See the file for examples.
SEE ALSO¶
d.text
d.text.freetype
d.font
d.vect
AUTHOR¶
FOSS4G members.
Project sponsored by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan)
Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 12:29:50 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $
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