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diff --git a/doc/groff.html.node/Font-Positions.html b/doc/groff.html.node/Font-Positions.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..387b4bb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/groff.html.node/Font-Positions.html @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html> +<!-- Created by GNU Texinfo 7.0.3, https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ --> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> +<!-- This manual documents GNU troff version 1.23.0. + +Copyright © 1994-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A +copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free +Documentation License". --> +<title>Font Positions (The GNU Troff Manual)</title> + +<meta name="description" content="Font Positions (The GNU Troff Manual)"> +<meta name="keywords" content="Font Positions (The GNU Troff Manual)"> +<meta name="resource-type" content="document"> +<meta name="distribution" content="global"> +<meta name="Generator" content="makeinfo"> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"> + +<link href="index.html" rel="start" title="Top"> +<link href="Request-Index.html" rel="index" title="Request Index"> +<link href="index.html#SEC_Contents" rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"> +<link href="Using-Fonts.html" rel="up" title="Using Fonts"> +<link href="Using-Symbols.html" rel="next" title="Using Symbols"> +<link href="Font-Families.html" rel="prev" title="Font Families"> +<style type="text/css"> +<!-- +a.copiable-link {visibility: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 0em} +div.example {margin-left: 3.2em} +span.r {font-family: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal} +span:hover a.copiable-link {visibility: visible} +strong.def-name {font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; font-size: larger} +--> +</style> + + +</head> + +<body lang="en"> +<div class="subsection-level-extent" id="Font-Positions"> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Using-Symbols.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">Using Symbols</a>, Previous: <a href="Font-Families.html" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Font Families</a>, Up: <a href="Using-Fonts.html" accesskey="u" rel="up">Using Fonts</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Request-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> +<hr> +<h4 class="subsection" id="Font-Positions-1">5.19.3 Font Positions</h4> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-font-positions"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-positions_002c-font"></a> + +<p>To support typeface indirection through abstract styles, and for +compatibility with <abbr class="acronym">AT&T</abbr> <code class="code">troff</code>, the formatter maintains +a list of font <em class="dfn">positions</em> at which fonts required by a document are +<em class="dfn">mounted</em>. An output device’s description file <samp class="file">DESC</samp> +typically configures a set of pre-mounted fonts; see <a class="ref" href="Device-and-Font-Description-Files.html">Device and Font Description Files</a>. A font need not be explicitly mounted before +it is selected; GNU <code class="code">troff</code> will search <code class="env">GROFF_FONT_PATH</code> for +it by name and mount it at the first free mounting position on demand. +</p> +<dl class="first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn" id="index-_002efp"><span class="category-def">Request: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.fp</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">pos id [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">font-description-file-name</i></span>]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002efp'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-fp"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_005cn_005b_002ef_005d"><span class="category-def">Register: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\n[.f]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005cn_005b_002ef_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002ef"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_005cn_005b_002efp_005d"><span class="category-def">Register: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\n[.fp]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005cn_005b_002efp_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002efp-1"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-mounting-a-font-_0028fp_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-font_002c-mounting-_0028fp_0029"></a> +<p>Mount a font under the name <var class="var">id</var> at mounting position <var class="var">pos</var>, a +non-negative integer. When the formatter starts up, it reads the output +device’s description to mount an initial set of faces, and selects font +position 1. Position 0 is unused by default. Unless the +<var class="var">font-description-file-name</var> argument is given, <var class="var">id</var> should be +the name of a font description file stored in a directory corresponding +to the selected output device. GNU <code class="code">troff</code> does not traverse +directories to locate the font description file. +</p> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-font-aliasing-with-third-argument-to-fp-request"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-aliasing-fonts-with-third-argument-to-fp-request"></a> +<p>The optional third argument enables font names to be aliased, which can +be necessary in compatibility mode since AT&T <code class="code">troff</code> syntax +affords no means of identifying fonts with names longer than two +characters, like ‘<samp class="samp">TBI</samp>’ or ‘<samp class="samp">ZCMI</samp>’, in a font selection escape +sequence. See <a class="xref" href="Compatibility-Mode.html">Compatibility Mode</a>. You can also alias fonts on +mounting for convenience or abstraction. (See below regarding the +<code class="code">.fp</code> register.) +</p> +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">.fp \n[.fp] SC ZCMI +Send a \f(SChand-written\fP thank-you note. +.fp \n[.fp] Emph TI +.fp \n[.fp] Strong TB +Are \f[Emph]these names\f[] \f[Strong]comfortable\f[]? +</pre></div></div> + +<p>‘<samp class="samp">DESC</samp>’, ‘<samp class="samp">P</samp>’, and non-negative integers are not usable as font +identifiers. +</p> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-font-position-register-_0028_002ef_0029"></a> +<p>The position of the currently selected font (or abstract style) is +available in the read-only register ‘<samp class="samp">.f</samp>’. It is associated with +the environment (see <a class="pxref" href="Environments.html">Environments</a>). +</p> +<p>You can copy the value of <code class="code">.f</code> to another register to save it for +later use. +</p> +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">.nr saved-font \n[.f] +<span class="r">… <i class="i">text involving many font changes</i> …</span> +.ft \n[saved-font] +</pre></div></div> + +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-next-free-font-position-register-_0028_002efp_0029"></a> +<p>The index of the next (non-zero) free font position is available in the +read-only register ‘<samp class="samp">.fp</samp>’. +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-DESC-file_002c-and-font-mounting"></a> +Fonts not listed in the <samp class="file">DESC</samp> file are automatically mounted at +position ‘<samp class="samp">\n[.fp]</samp>’ when selected with the <code class="code">ft</code> request or +<code class="code">\f</code> escape sequence. When mounting a font at a position +explicitly with the <code class="code">fp</code> request, this same practice should be +followed, although GNU <code class="code">troff</code> does not enforce this strictly. +</p></dd></dl> + + +</div> +<hr> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Using-Symbols.html">Using Symbols</a>, Previous: <a href="Font-Families.html">Font Families</a>, Up: <a href="Using-Fonts.html">Using Fonts</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Request-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |