bts@unx.sas.com (Brian T. Schellenberger) (10/10/90)
To answer my earlier query on the subject: Under 10.2, EDFONT can read in an Apollo-format font, and then save it out into BDF format. From here, you can use bdftosnfto convert it to snf format. Then use mkfontdir in the directory where the font resides, *OR* move it to one of the "standard" font directories. In either case, you will probably need to edit the resulting fontdir, since bdftosnf preserves the original (DM) file name as the alias, and this is usally not correct. Then, if you did not move the font to one of the "standard" places, use xset +fp <dir> to add the directory as a place to look, or use xset fp rehash if you added it to a place already on your path. Now you can use the font. To verify this, try xfd first. -- -- Brian, the Man from Babble-on. bts@unx.sas.com -- (Brian Schellenberger) "And when the votes were cast, the winner was . . . Mister James K. Polk, Napolean of the stump." -- THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.
hj412fr@duc220.uni-duisburg.de (Frik) (10/10/90)
Date: 9 Oct 90 20:12:03 GMT From: bts%mozart@rti.uucp (Brian T. Schellenberger) Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Subject: Converting fonts to and from X Message-Id: <1990Oct09.201203.684@unx.sas.com> Sender: apollo-request@umix.cc.umich.edu To: apollo@umix.cc.umich.edu To answer my earlier query on the subject: Under 10.2, EDFONT can read in an Apollo-format font, and then save it out into BDF format. From here, you can use bdftosnfto convert it to snf format. Then use mkfontdir in the directory where the font resides, *OR* move it to one of the "standard" font directories. In either case, you will probably need to edit the resulting fontdir, since bdftosnf preserves the original (DM) file name as the alias, and this is usally not correct. Then, if you did not move the font to one of the "standard" places, use xset +fp <dir> to add the directory as a place to look, or use xset fp rehash if you added it to a place already on your path. Now you can use the font. To verify this, try xfd first. -- -- Brian, the Man from Babble-on. bts@unx.sas.com -- (Brian Schellenberger) "And when the votes were cast, the winner was . . . Mister James K. Polk, Napolean of the stump." -- THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS. Actually, I have tried this sort of conversion quite often, as I detest the standard X-fonts. But when I try to convert those eye-saving DM-fonts I am used to (say f7x13) the resulting BDF (and SNF) font does not come out right in programs like xterm, emacs, epoch etc.: The metrics, in particular the inter-character spacing is way too small. Have you observed this too? Do you have any suggestions? Anyone like to comment on enhancements to the X-environment in areas such as standard fonts, standard colors, STANDARD CLIENTS which are vital to user-acceptance? Martin Anantharaman FB7, FG7 (Mechanik) Work: +49 (203) 379-3336 Universitaet -GH- Duisburg Home: +49 (203) 37 65 89 Lotharstr. 1 FAX: +49 (203) 379-3052 4100 Duisburg 1 E-Mail: hj412fr@duc220.uni-duisburg.de West Germany
rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees) (10/12/90)
In article <9010100805.AA04713@duc220.uni-duisburg.de>, hj412fr@duc220.uni-duisburg.de (Frik) writes:
Actually, I have tried this sort of conversion quite often, as I detest the
standard X-fonts. But when I try to convert those eye-saving DM-fonts I am
used to (say f7x13) the resulting BDF (and SNF) font does not come out right
in programs like xterm, emacs, epoch etc.: The metrics, in particular the
inter-character spacing is way too small. Have you observed this too? Do you
have any suggestions?
The inter-character spacing gets lost in the conversion. What I do is set
the inter-character spacing to 0, and increase the width of each character
by the same amount that was the old inter-character spacing. This can be
done globally in edfont, I think. You can also use edfont to change the
name of the font to make it fit in with the X font naming scheme (whatever
that is).