# Install mkfontscale

Create an index of scalable font files for X. Version 1.2.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mkfontscale
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mkfontscale
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mkfontscale
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: x11/mkfontscale/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add mkfontscale
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mkfontscale from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mkfontscale
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mkfontscale from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mkfontscale
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mk/mkfontscale/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install mkfontscale
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mkfontscale from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:mkfontscale
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mkfontscale>
- **Version:** 1.2.4
- **Source summary:** Create an index of scalable font files for X
- **Homepage:** <https://www.x.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/mkfontscale>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/man/man1/mkfontscale.1.xhtml>
- **License:** X11
- **Source archive:** <https://www.x.org/releases/individual/app/mkfontscale-1.2.4.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-18T23:54:30Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- mkfontdir (cli)
- mkfontscale (cli)
- mkfontdir (alias)
- mkfontscale (alias)

## Dependencies

- freetype
- libfontenc

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf
- xorgproto

## macOS Provided Libraries

- bzip2

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.2.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-18
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.x.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mkfontscale
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - mkfontscale: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mk/mkfontscale/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - mkfontscale - 1.2.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mkfontscale from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Scalable font index generator for X | https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
- apk - mkfontscale-doc - 1.2.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mkfontscale-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Scalable font index generator for X (documentation) | https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
- dnf - mkfontscale - 1.2.3-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mkfontscale from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Tool to generate legacy X11 font system index files | https://www.x.org
- zypper - mkfontscale - 1.2.4-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mkfontscale from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Utility to create index of scalable font files for X | https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
- MacPorts - mkfontscale: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: x11/mkfontscale/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - mkfontdir: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: mkfontdir from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix


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