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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 CIDFont (charac-
       ter 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 direc-
       tory, and create one summary of font metric files for each
       CIDFont file and each CMap file it finds.  mkcfm will cal-
       culate 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  sum-
       maries  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 example, it should be
		      run when new CID fonts are installed.

       .cfm files     Summaries of font metric (.afm) files  cre-
		      ated 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				1

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