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10.0;fl (font_load) *DM*, revision 1.0, 87/12/23
fl (font_load) load a font for use in pads
usage:  fl pathname [-i]



DESCRIPTION
     The fl command loads a font for use in subsequent pads.  Note that fonts
     apply to pads, not windows, so any new window opened to an old pad uses
     the old font.

     You can load up to 50 fonts.  The DM keeps track of fonts loaded by the
     fl command or programs.  It unloads fonts on a least-recently-used basis.

     If you need to unload a font (to edit it with edfont for example), issue
     an fl command for another font and close all the windows using the font
     you wish to unload.  If a program loaded the font, stop the program, and
     close the window.

ARGUMENTS
     pathname (required)
                    Specify the name of file containing font to be loaded.
                    The DM first looks up the given pathname directly, using
                    the user working and naming directory rules.  If it does
                    not find the pathname, the DM then looks in the directory
                    /sys/dm/fonts.

OPTIONS
     -i             Specify that the font to be loaded is an icon font.

SEE ALSO
     More information is available.  Type the following at an Aegis shell
     prompt:

     help fonts     For details about standard fonts that we supply

     help icons     For details about standard icons that we supply

     help edfont    For details about the character font editor

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