MKCFM(1)							     MKCFM(1)



NAME
       mkcfm - create summaries of font metric files in CID font directories

SYNOPSIS
       mkcfm [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	 CID-
       Font (character 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 directory, and create one sum-
       mary of font metric files for each CIDFont file and each CMap file  it
       finds.	mkcfm  will  calculate 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  summaries  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 exam-
		      ple, it should be run when new CID fonts are installed.

       .cfm files     Summaries of font metric (.afm) files created 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			     MKCFM(1)

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