burgess@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard Burgess) (04/22/91)
I have in my posession:
a. GoScript (tm: LaserGO) with 35 .gsf fonts
b. GhostScript 1.3
c. ATM for windows
With (a), I can print postscript files on my deskjet printer
that think they are going to a "postscript printer with only
the built in 35 fonts".
With (b), I can display postscript files on my screen (in EGA)
but text in only with one crummy font (that gets truncated (top
and bottom) half the time).
With (c), I can print documents in Windows with scalable,
postscript fonts (not graphics).
But you probably already knew all that.
I want my postscript environment to be more seamless--ie. I
want to be able to view a file with Ghostscript and then
print it with GoScript. The problem is the fonts. Because
I have ATM have lots of postscript fonts (+pack, cica, etc).
My question is how to get both programs to recognize my
fonts (mostly in .pfm or .pfb format) and then process
them correctly. Postscript is the common denominator so
I don't see why there shouldn't be some way to do this.
A look at .pfm, .pfb, .afm, .inf, .gsf, gfonts.ps, and .cp
files among others, leads me to believe that I will have to
write a new postscript routine to allow GhostScript to read
the files( although common sense says it should already be
able to read these standard formats. As for GoScripts .gsf
format, I have no idea what it is or how to get fonts in that
format (the .gsf files are "garbage" ie. no recognizable
postscript commands or font headers".
Whether a pointer to a FAQ, a procedure for getting started
in postscript programming, a RED/GREEN book page reference
(I will have access to the books at work this summer), or
a *sigh* flame for tying up the net with novice questions,
I would appreciate any response.
Anyone who can help me print with GoScript or view with
Ghostscript can post or email as I follow the group.
~r signaturexiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (04/22/91)
/* burgess@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard Burgess) wrote */: * * I have in my posession: * a. GoScript (tm: LaserGO) with 35 .gsf fonts * b. GhostScript 1.3 * c. ATM for windows * With (a), I can print postscript files on my deskjet printer * that think they are going to a "postscript printer with only * the built in 35 fonts". * * With (b), I can display postscript files on my screen (in EGA) * but text in only with one crummy font (that gets truncated (top * and bottom) half the time). I have b) Ghostscript 2.1.1 from prep.ai.mit.edu ./pub/gnu/ghostscript* With b) I can display and print from HP laserjet [without an emulator cartridge]. All of the sources are there, one just needs to compile. I uses Ghostscript on msdos machine. The problem is resolution is not very good. I don't know what the problem is. Maybe the font. Is there a solution? I don't know Goscript, is this PD? and what advantage does it have over ghostscript. -- xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnet