ms2@doc.ic.ac.uk (M Shelley) (01/24/91)
Hello there people of the net.
If this request has been posted before, I apologize. However, I still would
like an answer. Thanks in advance.
What I need to know is (wait for it...):
Using X11R4 on a Sun 3/50 or SPARC IPC (not using OPEN LOOK, Motif ...)
1) How do I create new fonts.
I would like to be able to take current fonts, display them multiply
in an X window (in similar positions to get outline effect and
shadows) and then using bitmaps create a font from these.
Failing this, I'll create them by hand.
2) How do I persuade X to use these new font (if I ever manage to
create any).
3) How does an X program get the information on how the
characters are made up. What I want is to be able to treat a
character already defined as a "bitmap" and to be able to read the
character data.
As I said, I know nothing much about fonts.
Cheers Martin.
Post to comp.windows.x and/or ms2@uk.ic.ac.doc. I'm sure there's other who want
to know this sort of info.
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