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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2b1ad77ba5..64873db00b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -41130,6 +41130,7 @@ services)}. * SSH: Secure Shell. Setting up the secure shell client. * Desktop: Desktop Home Services. Services for graphical environments. * Guix: Guix Home Services. Services for Guix. +* Fonts: Fonts Home Services. Services for managing User's fonts. @end menu @c In addition to that Home Services can provide @@ -42014,6 +42015,35 @@ A typical extension for adding a channel might look like this: @end lisp @end defvar +@node Fonts Home Services +@subsection Fonts Home Services + +The @code{(gnu home services fontutils)} module provides services for +user-specific Fontconfig setup. The +@uref{https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig,Fontconfig} +library is used by many applications to access fonts on the system. + +@defvar home-fontconfig-service-type +This is the service type for generating configurations for Fontconfig. +Its associated value is a list of strings (or gexps) pointing to fonts +locations. + +Generally, it is better to extend this service than to directly +configure it, as its default value is the default Guix Home's profile +font installation path (@file{~/.guix-home/profile/share/fonts}). If +you configure this service directly, be sure to include the above +directory. + +A typical extension for adding an additional font directory might look +like this: + +@lisp +(simple-service 'additional-fonts-service + home-fontconfig-service-type + (list "~/.nix-profile/share/fonts")) +@end lisp +@end defvar + @node Invoking guix home @section Invoking @command{guix home} |