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/usr/bin/mkfontscale

Scalable font index generator for X

From mkfontscale 1.2.4-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running mkfontscale --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
mkfontscale [ -b ] [ -s ] [ -o filename ] [-x suffix ]
            [ -a encoding ] [ -f fuzz ] [ -l ]
            [ -e directory ] [ -p prefix ] [ -n ] [ -r ]
            [-u] [-U] [-v] [ directory ]...
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
-bread bitmap fonts.man
-signore scalable fonts.man
-o filenamesend program output to filename;man
-x suffixexclude all files with the specified suffix.man
-a encodingadd encoding to the list of encodings searched for.man
-f fuzzset the fraction of characters that may be missing in large encodings to fuzz percent.man
-lWrite fonts.dir files suitable for implementations that cannot re-encode legacy fonts (BDF and PCF).man
-especifies a directory with encoding files.man
-pSpecifies a prefix that is prepended to the encoding file path names when they are written to the "encodings.dir" file.man
-rKeep non-absolute encoding directories in their relative form when writing the "encodings.dir" file.man
-ndo not scan for fonts, do not write font directory files.man
-u, -Udisable (-u) or enable (-U) indexing of ISO 10646:1 font encodings (default: enabled).man
-v, --versionprint program version and exit.man
--helpprint program usage and exit.man

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