rickb@bucket.UUCP (Rick Bensene) (08/12/89)
This message posted for a Steve by rickb@bucket.uucp, as his system is not yet able to post news. PLEASE - respond directly to garrett@ppvs11.uucp (..tektronix!tessi!bucket!ppvs11!garrett). ---- I do not have access to the MIT distribution (I know, we can buy it) but I am looking for a current copy of the x-windows font compiler users guide. I do not have access to any ftp or a-ftp and must receive information via e-mail. I am currently using DECwindows and the font compiler documentation supplied is virtually non-existent. If someone could provide this via e-mail please let me know. Please bear with this request as I just received access to NEWS last week. Steve Garrett Pacific Power tektronix!tessi!bucket!ppvs11!garrett 503.464.6206 -- Rick Bensene Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 3500 C1-890 Vancouver, WA 98668 rickb@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (work) Voice: (206) 253-5685 (10A-5P Pacific) ..tektronix!tessi!bucket!rickb (home) BBS: (503) 254-0458 300/1200/2400
graham@fuel.dec.com (kris graham) (08/14/89)
>I am currently using DECwindows and the font compiler documentation supplied >is virtually non-existent. If someone could provide this via e-mail please let me >know >MIT.... x-windows font compiler users guide. Will the following help? Do you have the DECwindows documentation? The following (xfd and dxfc) came from the DECwindows documentation? NAME dxfc - DECwindows font compiler SYNTAX dxfc [ options ] file ARGUMENTS file Specifies the file to be opened at startup. DESCRIPTION The dxfc command compiles a font file so it can be used by the DECwindows display server. Specifically, the dxfc com- mand compiles a file that is in an ASCII format called BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format) to produce a file that is in a binary format called SNF (Server Natural Format). Unless otherwise redirected, output of the dxfc command is sent to standard output. OPTIONS -m Specifies that dxfc use the minimum size bounding box for each character in a font. -r file Generates a report file that describes every aspect of generating the SNF file. EXAMPLES dxfc -r helv12.rep helv12.bdf > helv12.dwf This command compiles the BDF file helv12.bdf, redirects the output to the SNF file helv12.dwf, and generates a report file named helv12.rep. RESTRICTIONS Fatal errors occur when a file cannot be opened or when a BDF file contains invalid font properties. Errors are accom- panied by an appropriate message. SEE ALSO X(1X) --------------------- xfc(1X) NAME xfc - BDF to SNF font compiler for X11 SYNTAX xfc [-p#] [-s#] [-m] [-l] [-M] [-L] [-w] [-t] [bdf-file] DESCRIPTION The xfc command reads a Character Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) font from the specified file (or from standard input if no file is specified) and writes an X11 server normal font (SNF) to standard output. OPTIONS -p# Force the glyph padding to a specific number. The legal values are 1, 2, 4, and 8. -s# Force the scanline unit padding to a specific number. The legal values are 1, 2, and 4. -m Force the bit order to most significant bit first. -l Force the bit order to least significant bit first. -M Force the byte order to most significant bit first. -L Force the byte order to least significant bit first. -w Print warnings if the character bitmaps have bits set to one outside of their defined widths. -t Expand glyphs in terminal-emulator fonts to fill the bounding box. SEE ALSO X(1X), Xserver(1X) Christopher Graham Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix Resource Center 2 Penn Plaza New York City (usual disclaimers go here)