don@atlantis.coral.COM (Don Dewar) (04/17/91)
I know I have seen this asked on the net before, but I don't remember seeing an answer, nor can I find anything regarding it in the FAQ. Is there a utility to convert OpenWindow FB fonts to fonts that can be used with X, such as SNF. +---------+ | Coral | |@@@@@*@**| |@@*@@**@@| Don Dewar |*@@**@@@@| Coral Network Corporation, Marlborough, MA |@***@@@@@| Internet: don@coral.com |@@**@@@@@| Phone: (508) 460-6010 |*********| Fax: (508) 481-6258 |Networks | +---------+
don@atlantis.coral.COM (Don Dewar) (04/22/91)
) Return-Path: <uunet!NMSU.Edu!mleisher> ) From: uunet!NMSU.Edu!mleisher ) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 91 18:06:22 MDT ) To: don@atlantis.coral.com (Don Dewar) ) In-Reply-To: don@atlantis.coral.COM's message of 17 Apr 91 14:17:11 GMT ) Subject: fb to snf converter ) ) The OW "convertfont" utility will generate a BDF font from an FB font. ) You can use "bdftosnf" to get the SNF file from there. ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ) mleisher@nmsu.edu "I laughed. ) Mark Leisher I cried. ) Computing Research Lab I fell down. ) New Mexico State University It changed my life." ) Las Cruces, NM - Rich [Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille] ) ) Because many people have now answered this question for me and others requested that I forward the answer on, I thought I might post it. Thanks to those that answered my question. It enabled me to get Wordperfect working under mwm. +---------+ | Coral | |@@@@@*@**| |@@*@@**@@| Don Dewar |*@@**@@@@| Coral Network Corporation, Marlborough, MA |@***@@@@@| Internet: don@coral.com |@@**@@@@@| Phone: (508) 460-6010 |*********| Fax: (508) 481-6258 |Networks | +---------+
mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (05/02/91)
> I know I have seen this asked on the net before, but I don't remember > seeing an answer, nor can I find anything regarding it in the FAQ. > Is there a utility to convert OpenWindow FB fonts to fonts that can > be used with X, such as SNF. Speaking strictly to the technical issues, ignoring possible legal reasons you wouldn't want to do this.... (I'm not a lawyer.) You could always use getbdf to connect to the OW server and generate a BDF representation of the font at some particular size. (getbdf is something I wrote to do precisely this: produce BDF for a font from an arbitrary X server. You can ftp it from 132.206.1.1, in X/getbdf.c, or via mail from me if you can't ftp it for some reason.) der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
brsmith@cs.umn.edu (Brian R. Smith) (05/04/91)
In <9105021312.AA18146@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) writes: >> I know I have seen this asked on the net before, but I don't remember >> seeing an answer, nor can I find anything regarding it in the FAQ. >> Is there a utility to convert OpenWindow FB fonts to fonts that can >> be used with X, such as SNF. >You could always use getbdf to connect to the OW server and generate >a BDF representation of the font at some particular size. (getbdf is >something I wrote to do precisely this: produce BDF for a font from >an arbitrary X server. You can ftp it from 132.206.1.1, in >X/getbdf.c, or via mail from me if you can't ftp it for some reason.) You can use "convertfont", which is included in the OpenWindows distribution to convert any OpenWindows bitmap font into an snf font. What's more, you can create any size bitmap font you desire from the scalable Folio format font (.f3) files with "makeafb", also included in OpenWindows. (After doing it, though, "getbdf" sounds much easier... :-) -- Brian brsmith@cs.umn.edu
bruceb@ingres.com (Bruce Badash) (05/04/91)
In article <9105021312.AA18146@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> you write: > I know I have seen this asked on the net before, but I don't remember > seeing an answer, nor can I find anything regarding it in the FAQ. > Is there a utility to convert OpenWindow FB fonts to fonts that can > be used with X, such as SNF. If you have access to an OpenWindows installation, use its included convertfont program to create .bdf files (using "convertfont -x fontname.fb"). Use bdftosnf to convert from bdf to snf format.