To connect to a font server, see the documentation for your X server; it likely supports the syntax documented in the "FONT SERVER NAMES" section of X(7)
Recognized keywords include:
The symlink can be suffixed by attributes such as 'uunnssccaalleedd', which will be passed through to the underlying fontfile FPE. The only exception is the newly introduced 'pprrii' attribute, which will be used for ordering the font paths specified by the symlinks.
An example configuration:
75dpi:unscaled:pri=20 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi ghostscript:pri=60 -> /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript misc:unscaled:pri=10 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc type1:pri=40 -> /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1 type1:pri=50 -> /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
This will add /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc as the first FPE with the attribute the attribute unscaled etc. This is functionally equivalent to setting the following font path:
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled, /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript
# # sample font server configuration file #
# allow a max of 10 clients to connect to this font server. client-limit = 10
# When a font server reaches the above limit, start up a new one. clone-self = on
# Identify alternate font servers for clients to use. alternate-servers = hansen:7101,hansen:7102
# Look for fonts in the following directories. The first is a set of # TrueType outlines, the second is a set of misc bitmaps (such as terminal # and cursor fonts), and the last is a set of 100dpi bitmaps. # catalogue = /usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF, /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc, /usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/
# in 12 points, decipoints default-point-size = 120
# 100 x 100 and 75 x 75 default-resolutions = 100,100,75,75
# Specify our log filename. error-file = /var/log/xfs.log
# Direct diagnostics to our own log file instead of using syslog. use-syslog = off