remaker@icarus.amd.com (Phillip Remaker) (02/09/91)
I was recently tasked with getting some OPENLOOK applications to display under dxwm. dxwm used to use .snf fonts, and I had converted the MIT distribution XView fonts (using dec's bdftosnf) so I could do this. Recently, they DEC2100s (the machines running dxwm) had some upgrades done and now they use .pcf fonts. What the heck are .pcf fonts, and are there any utilities to convert .bdf to .pcf? Brain-dead DEC didn't include one. Guess they don't want OPEN LOOK applications polluting their environment 8-(. (.pcf = pollution control fonts?) Stupid DEC. I recommend they throw the 2100s off the tallest building in the area and but some Sun 4/20s. Help! -- Phillip A. Remaker A.M.D. M/S 167 P.O. Box 3453 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3000 TCP/IP internetworking from hell. DoD #185 remaker@amd.com 408-749-2552 Things to do today: 1) Get a clue. 2) Get a job. 3) Get a life.
iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias) (02/09/91)
In article <1991Feb8.173249.24995@amd.com> remaker@icarus.amd.com (Phillip Remaker) writes: >What the heck are .pcf fonts, and are there any utilities to convert >.bdf to .pcf? Brain-dead DEC didn't include one. Guess they don't >want OPEN LOOK applications polluting their environment 8-(. >(.pcf = pollution control fonts?) You can use dxfc to convert bdf fonts to pcf fonts. DEC's servers will also use bdf fonts if you don't want to convert them. Mike Iglesias University of California, Irvine Internet: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu BITNET: iglesias@uci uucp: ...!ucbvax!ucivax!iglesias
erik@westworld.esd.sgi.com (Erik Fortune) (02/09/91)
In article <1991Feb8.173249.24995@amd.com>, remaker@icarus.amd.com (Phillip Remaker) writes: >What the heck are .pcf fonts, and are there any utilities to convert >.bdf to .pcf? Brain-dead DEC didn't include one. Guess they don't >want OPEN LOOK applications polluting their environment 8-(. >(.pcf = pollution control fonts?) PCF stands for Portable Compiled Fonts. The R5 sample server and font server will both use PCF fonts. Re: compiling BDF fonts on a DECstation Try dxfc. It's probably in /usr/bin/X11. dx = standard DEC prefix for decwindows apps fc = font compiler Next time, RTFM. >-- >Phillip A. Remaker A.M.D. M/S 167 P.O. Box 3453 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3000 >TCP/IP internetworking from hell. DoD #185 remaker@amd.com 408-749-2552 > Things to do today: 1) Get a clue. 2) Get a job. 3) Get a life. ^^^^^^^^^^ How appropriate. -- Erik
klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) (02/09/91)
In article <1991Feb8.173249.24995@amd.com>, remaker@icarus.amd.com (Phillip Remaker) writes: |> What the heck are .pcf fonts, and are there any utilities to convert |> .bdf to .pcf? Brain-dead DEC didn't include one. RTFM: dxfc - BDF to PCF font compiler for X11 By the way, DECstation servers accept the BDF format straight. Compiling your fonts gives you a little better performance, but it is not required. -- Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee
willis@ecovsb.ncsu.edu (Bill Willis) (02/09/91)
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Maybe you should add "4) learn how to read" to your signature line. Of course
Digital has a font compiler. Its dxfc and has been included in every release
of X11 from Digital that I have seen. Works fine, all you have to do is read
the
man page. Brain dead ????
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