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.TH TRUETYPEFS 4
.SH NAME
truetypefs \- TrueType font file system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B truetypefs
[
.B -F
.I fontpath
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Truetypefs
serves a read-only filesystem at
.B /n/ttf
that generates fonts and subfonts from TrueType fonts which can be
used in the Plan 9 graphics system.

By default, fonts are loaded from
.BR /lib/font/ttf/ .
The
.B -F
flag may be used to set the path TrueType fonts are loaded from.

.I Truetypefs
generates subfonts when they are accessed.
Fonts are specified via a TrueType font file name followed by a font
size.
For example,
.B /n/ttf/unifont.ttf.16/font
is a
.IR font (6)
file generated for GNU Unifont at a size of 16.

.SH EXAMPLES
Use size 16 GNU Unifont for
.IR acme (1):
.IP
.EX
truetypefs
font=/n/ttf/unifont.ttf.16/font
acme -c 1 /lib/glass
.EE
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/truetypefs.c
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR ttf (2),
.IR font (6),
.IR subfont (2)
.SH HISTORY
.I Truetypefs
first appeared in 9front (October, 2018).