jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) (08/15/90)
In article <1990Aug13.113755.8976@squirrel.mh.nl> jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes: > How do I download a font permanently? I suppose I have to embed the > PostScript font definition in a small PS program. What should be in > this program? Thanks all for your reply to my question. Lots of people gave different answers, although most of them pointed to the simplest solution: precede the PostScript font definition with an exitserver command: serverdict begin 0 exitserver This seems to do the trick. A brief summary: From: songer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Gail Songer) > You can not "permanently" download a font. You can download it each > time you turn the printer on. It will disappear when you turn the > machine off. > You need to exit the server and then download the font. ... From: Bj|rn Larsen <blarsen@usit.uio.no> > First you send the following: > > serverdict begin % To establish the ServerDict context > 0 exitserver % To exit the normal PostScript interpreter > % context. Replace the '0' with the appropriate > % password. '0' is the default for Apple LaserWriter. > % Others vary. The Digital LN03R, for instance, > % has '(LN03R)' as the default password. > > Then you send the PostScript font definition. From: Dick Dunn <rcd@ico.isc.com> > You need to put the following ahead of the font when you send it: > serverdict begin 0 exitserver > (Replace "0" with your printer's password if you have changed it.) > Use some care about loading fonts: If you re-load a font that's already > there, it will work correctly but it will waste memory in the printer > (since the storage for the previous copy of the font is not reclaimed). From: John Caywood <caywood@teb.larc.nasa.gov> > No, it's not an easy one. This almost worked for me once -- hope I left > enough pieces in this partial sample. I never found out if it loaded > correctly; I gave up and used the Adobe font downloader program and a > cable direct from PC to printer instead of sending the postscript code > to the printer from my Sun server. If you get any better information, > I hope you can pass it back to me. > > This for font -Your-fontname-here- which is even uglier than Computer > Modern Roman :-) > > %!PS-Adobe-2.0 > % > % The following code loads to disk, or to permanent VM > % if no disk is available. > %/load > %{ { /fd (fonts/-Your-fontname-here-) (w) file def} stopped > %% password here if needed > serverdict begin exitserver > % { /buff 128 string def > % { currentfile buff readstring > % {fd exch writestring} > % {dup length 0 gt {fd exch writestring} {pop} ifelse fd closefile exit} > % ifelse > % } > % bind loop > % } > % ifelse > %} > %def > % > %load > > % the whole list of font description parameters > % > /FullName (-Your-fontname-here-) readonly def > /FamilyName (-Your-fontname-here-) readonly def > /Weight (Medium) readonly def > /ItalicAngle 0 def > % > % many more parameters not shown here > % > /FontBBox{-167 -290 1004 898}readonly def > currentdict end > currentfile eexec > e1b6c8a63decb1ada448b848122da51e73941e412984b6fbf8c4889724c501fcc5fe > [ the rest of the uncompressed Adobe binary font definition ] > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ... 000000000000 > cleartomark > currentdict end > /-Your-fontname-here- exch definefont > pop Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62911/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------