pac@munsell.UUCP (09/02/87)
How can I use the Courier (typewriter like, fixed width) font in
troff? I am using a Sun running SunOS 3.2 with a Sun purchased
Laserwriter and troff. Everything is off the shelf and standard.
Thank you.
pZ
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{{harvard,ll-xn}!adelie,{decvax,allegra,talcott}!encore}!munsell!pzallyn@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Allyn Fratkin) (09/04/87)
In article <1196@pinney.munsell.UUCP>, pac@munsell.UUCP () writes: > How can I use the Courier (typewriter like, fixed width) font in > troff? I am using a Sun running SunOS 3.2 with a Sun purchased > Laserwriter and troff. Everything is off the shelf and standard. We are using Adobe's Transcript package for our Sun running SunOS 3.2 with an Apple Laserwriter. We use troff (not ditroff). I do not know how close Sun's package is to Transcript. I will describe what I did to use Courier in the hopes that it can guide you (and others). In the directory /usr/lib/ps/troff.font there is a file called Helvetica.map that lists the Helvetica font to troff character mapping. Copy this to Courier.map and change all the Helvetica references to Courier. (There is a context diff for the two files appended to this message.) Then type "make FAMILIES=Courier" and you should be done. This will create the files Courier.ct, Courier.head, ftC, ftCI, and ftCB. Good Luck! ---- cut here ----- *** Helvetica.map Tue Jun 9 14:13:17 1987 --- Courier.map Thu Sep 3 13:27:32 1987 *************** *** 2,8 **** % % Copyright (c) 1985 Adobe Systems, Inc. % ! % Font correspondence mapping for Troff and PostScript Helvetica family. % % PostScript and TranScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. % Times is a trademark of Allied Corporation. --- 2,8 ---- % % Copyright (c) 1985 Adobe Systems, Inc. % ! % Font correspondence mapping for Troff and PostScript Courier family. % % PostScript and TranScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. % Times is a trademark of Allied Corporation. *************** *** 33,47 **** % generated that, when compiled, are used by troff as width % tables. ! % note that we will ignore HS and mount "S" when using troff! ! @FAMILYNAME Helvetica ! @FACENAMES H HI HB HS @BEGINFONTS ! ROMAN=Helvetica ! ITALIC=Helvetica-Oblique ! BOLD=Helvetica-Bold SYMBOL=Symbol EXTRAS=Times-Roman @ENDFONTS --- 33,47 ---- % generated that, when compiled, are used by troff as width % tables. ! % note that we will ignore CS and mount "S" when using troff! ! @FAMILYNAME Courier ! @FACENAMES C CI CB CS @BEGINFONTS ! ROMAN=Courier ! ITALIC=Courier-Oblique ! BOLD=Courier-Bold SYMBOL=Symbol EXTRAS=Times-Roman @ENDFONTS -- From the virtual mind of Allyn Fratkin allyn@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu or EMU Project {ucbvax, decvax, ihnp4} U.C. San Diego !sdcsvax!allyn
gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (09/04/87)
In article <1196@pinney.munsell.UUCP> pac@munsell.UUCP () writes: >How can I use the Courier (typewriter like, fixed width) font in >troff? I am using a Sun running SunOS 3.2 with a Sun purchased >Laserwriter and troff. Everything is off the shelf and standard. Just request the font by its correct name (which depends on the names supplied with your software). The most common name for that font is "CW", so assuming that applies to you: .ft CW This is set in constant-width (typewriter) font. .ft \" restore previous font or stuff \f(CWconstant-width\f0 more stuff Some macro packages also have a .CW (and .CN) macro to enter (leave) constant-width font mode. Your typewriter font may only be available in certain point sizes (usually 10 and 12).
schwartz@gondor.psu.edu (Scott E. Schwartz) (09/04/87)
It turns out that the courier font on the apple laser writer (which is what sun sells you under their brand name) does not have ligatures. So things like "fi" will come out wrong unless you make sure to tell troff not to use ligatures in courier. I think the relevent configuration files are in /usr/lib/fonts. -- Scott
allyn@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Allyn Fratkin) (09/05/87)
In article <2903@psuvax1.psu.edu>, schwartz@gondor.psu.edu (Scott E. Schwartz) writes: > It turns out that the courier font on the apple laser writer > (which is what sun sells you under their brand name) does not > have ligatures. you're right. here's what to do (if you followed my advice in a previous message). just append the single line: .lg 0 to your /usr/lib/ps/troff.font/Courier.head file. this will turn off all ligatures for the Courier font automatically. -- From the virtual mind of Allyn Fratkin allyn@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu or EMU Project {ucbvax, decvax, ihnp4} U.C. San Diego !sdcsvax!allyn
ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) (09/06/87)
If you are using a Apple LaserWriter on a UNIX machine you are probably using either the PSDIT driver (for ditroff), in which case Doug's comments are correct, or using PSCAT with the old troff. To use PSCAT and Courier, you have to specify an alternate font family of courier. This is done with the -F options. Best to use the provided ptroff shell scripts to get all this right. Note that you can't mix font families with the old troff. A further complication is that for some reason the Courier device tables weren't generated in my distribution. However, this is easy to fix, and if you need to know, I will try to remember what I did. -Ron