markw@airgun.wg.waii.com (Mark Whetzel) (09/26/89)
Where can I find information about the bdf font file language and/or programs that create these fonts for X? The IBM RT (AIX 2.2.1) X package is missing some of the standard fonts and I would like to understand how bdf font files are created and managed. If there are any archive sites for font files, I can only access via usenet mail. P.S. How does one go about getting the MIT X tape? I have been told that the fonts I seek are on the tape. I copy of the tape I have seen does not have fonts labeled such as vr-20 and so-forth. Is this an X10 ism? Thanks for your time. -- Mark Whetzel My comments are my own, not my company's. Western Geophysical - A division of Western Atlas International, A Litton/Dresser Company DOMAIN addr: markw@airgun.wg.waii.com ...!texbell!moray!airgun!markw UUNET address: uunet!airgun!markw
jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton) (09/27/89)
Where can I find information about the bdf font file language and/or
programs that create these fonts for X?
A document describing the Bitmap Distribution Format (bdf) can be found
on the MIT tape (see below) under the directory doc/bdf/. This is a
very simple textual description of the properties and glyphs of characters
in a font. BDF files are usually compiled into a binary format which is
read and used by the server. The program that does this conversion is
usually called "bdftosnf" or "fc".
How does one go about getting the MIT X tape?
You can contact the X Hotline at 617-258-8330 to order a set of 9 track,
1600bpi magtapes in UNIX tar format. There are various companies that will
sell you copies of the tapes on other media. You can also ftp or uucp the
distribution from a growing number of machines around the country.
I copy of the tape I have seen does not have fonts labeled such as
vr-20 and so-forth.
You probably weren't looking in the right place: all of the ugly, crufty
fonts from R1 and R2 were moved to contrib/fonts/bdf/oldx11/ in R3 (there are
also bdf versions of the X10 fonts contrib/fonts/bdf/oldx10/).