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diff --git a/Docs/BUILDING-Framebuffer b/Docs/BUILDING-Framebuffer index b6583df71..0eccca82e 100644 --- a/Docs/BUILDING-Framebuffer +++ b/Docs/BUILDING-Framebuffer @@ -79,26 +79,46 @@ The font glyphs are, by default, rendered as 256 level transparency which gives excellent visual results even on small font sizes. - The default font is the Vera trutype font set. The default path they - are sourced from is /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/ . + The default font is the DejaVu trutype font set. The default path they + are sourced from is /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/ . + + The compiled in default paths may be altered by setting values in + the user configuration makefile Makefile.config. These values must + be set to teh absolute path of the relevant font file including its + .ttf extension. The variables are: + + NETSURF_FB_FONT_SANS_SERIF + NETSURF_FB_FONT_SANS_SERIF_BOLD + NETSURF_FB_FONT_SANS_SERIF_ITALIC + NETSURF_FB_FONT_SANS_SERIF_ITALIC_BOLD + NETSURF_FB_FONT_SERIF + NETSURF_FB_FONT_SERIF_BOLD + NETSURF_FB_FONT_MONOSPACE + NETSURF_FB_FONT_MONOSPACE_BOLD + NETSURF_FB_FONT_CURSIVE + NETSURF_FB_FONT_FANTASY + The font selection may be changed by placing truetype font files in the resources path. The resource files will be the generic names - sans_serif.ttf, sans_serif_bold.ttf etc. The selection may also be - overridden by setting options. + sans_serif.ttf, sans_serif_bold.ttf etc. The font system is configured at runtime by several options. The fb_font_monochrome option causes the renderer to use monochrome glyph rendering which is faster to plot but slower to render and - much less visually appealing. The remaining seven options control - the files to be used for font faces. + much less visually appealing. + + The remaining seven options control the files to be used for font faces. fb_face_sans_serif - The sans serif face fb_face_sans_serif_bold - The bold sans serif face fb_face_sans_serif_italic - The italic sans serif face fb_face_sans_serif_italic_bold - The bold italic sans serif face. - fb_face_monospace - The monospaced font fb_face_serif - The serif font fb_serif_bold - The bold serif font + fb_face_monospace - The monospaced font + fb_face_monospace_bold - The bold monospaced font + fb_face_cursive - The cursive font + fb_face_fantasy - The fantasy font Old Freetype -------------- |