[comp.sys.hp] X11 Fonts

gdykes@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Gene Dykes) (02/21/90)

I am about to switch my users from X11R3 to X11R4.  The main drawback,
however, is that many folks are quite attached to the .scf fonts that
came with HP's R3 distribution.  R4 from MIT lacks many of these fonts.
What are the prospects for regaining them soon?  Will they come with 7.0?
Is there a scf to snf converter?  Are they gone with the wind?

Thanks for any info.
-- 
Gene Dykes, gdykes@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu

valdi@rhi.hi.is (Thorvaldur Sigurdsson) (02/21/90)

gdykes@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Gene Dykes) writes:

>Is there a scf to snf converter?  Are they gone with the wind?

The c in scf means compressed.  The HP compiled server can automatically
handle both formats and also bdf formats.  If you are using the vanilla
version of X11R4 from MIT and want to use your scf fonts then you can
simply uncompress them with

	uncompress *.scf
or
	compress -d *.scf

Hope this helps !

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karen@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Karen Helt) (02/22/90)

A scf font is just a snf font run through compress.  Just uncompress to convert
to snf.  Or if you are using the HP binary from R4, I think it will take scf
fonts.

Karen Helt
karen@hp-pcd.hp.com