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diff --git a/Docs/Reference.txt b/Docs/Reference.txt index eca00f8..718737f 100644 --- a/Docs/Reference.txt +++ b/Docs/Reference.txt @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ A multiline text. | font | STRING | Font name (see 4.3 font) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - <scrolltext x1="24" y1="138" y2="-72" x2="583" font="helmetr.ttf:20" color="#AFFFFF00"> + <scrolltext x1="24" y1="138" y2="-72" x2="583" font="Sans Serif@20" color="#AFFFFF00"> {PresentShortText} {PresentDescription} </scrolltext> @@ -918,15 +918,23 @@ There are three predefined fonts * Fix * Sml -If the freetype library is installed it is possible to use every True-Type font in the directories - /etc/vdr/plugins/text2skin/fonts/ -or - /etc/vdr/plugins/text2skin/SkinName/ +It is possible to use True Type fonts installed and configured for fontconfig's +use on the system. See the fontconfig documentation for details how to do +that; usually it's a matter of copying the font files somewhere and running +fc-cache(1) (as root or the VDR user). In the skin file the font is defined with font="Osd" -or with True-Type fonts with the desired size and width (optional) +or with True Type fonts - font="helmetr.ttf:size[,width]" + font="name@size[,width]" + +where "name" is a string understood by VDR's CreateFont() method +(Family:Style where Style is optional as of writing this), size is the font's +size, and width its width. For example: + + font="Serif@20" + font="Monospaced:Bold@22" + font="Bitstream Vera Sans:Italic@22,85" |