danny@iconsys.UUCP (Danny Young) (07/07/89)
Are there any public domain postscript programs for creating a font out of a BDF (Binary Distribution Format) font description? If I understand correctly, BDF is an Adobe standard, so I expected to find one on the adobe archive server, but there isn't one there. Any pointers would be appreciated--sorry if this is a commonly asked question. -- Danny Young USENET: uunet!iconsys!danny Icon International, Inc. ARPANET: icon%byuadam.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu 764 East Timpanogos Pkwy BITNET: icon%byuadam.bitnet Orem, Utah 84057-6212 Telephone: (801) 225-6888
greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid) (07/08/89)
In article <387@iconsys.UUCP> danny@iconsys.UUCP (Danny Young) writes: >Are there any public domain postscript programs for creating a font out of >a BDF (Binary Distribution Format) font description? If I understand >correctly, BDF is an Adobe standard, so I expected to find one on the >adobe archive server, but there isn't one there. I don't know of such a program. Since the BDF files are bitmap fonts at low resolution (intended for screen fonts), they aren't very good for making into printer fonts. Also, since these fonts are derived originally from the high-quality outline PostScript fonts, there isn't much demand for bitmap versions. Maybe all you need to do is to revise your driver a little, to use just FontName from these BDF files, instead of making them into printer fonts. Unless, of course, I have misunderstood your request. Glenn Reid Adobe Systems
danny@iconsys.UUCP (Danny Young) (07/10/89)
In article <964@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes: >In article <387@iconsys.UUCP> danny@iconsys.UUCP (Danny Young) writes: >>Are there any public domain postscript programs for creating a font out of >>a BDF (Binary Distribution Format) font description? > >I don't know of such a program. Since the BDF files are bitmap fonts >at low resolution (intended for screen fonts), they aren't very good >for making into printer fonts. Also, since these fonts are derived >originally from the high-quality outline PostScript fonts, there isn't >much demand for bitmap versions. > ... >Glenn Reid >Adobe Systems I see your point. The reason I ask is because I obtained a kanji font (kanji are the Chinese characters used in written Japanese) in BDF from the recent X-windows release which I would like to use. Of course, I would prefer an outline kanji font (does Adobe sell one?) but for now, this is the only kanji font I can find. BTW, the X-windows release has several other interesting bitmap fonts as well. Since there isn't much general interest in a BDF-->printer_font utility, I'll probably try to write one myself (I've already written a utility to show the BDF font). Thanks for the information though. P.S. I originally wrote that BDF stood for Binary Distribution Format, it is really *Bitmap* Distribution Format. -- Danny Young USENET: uunet!iconsys!danny Icon International, Inc. ARPANET: icon%byuadam.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu 764 East Timpanogos Pkwy BITNET: icon%byuadam.bitnet Orem, Utah 84057-6212 Telephone: (801) 225-6888
lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee) (07/12/89)
From article <390@iconsys.UUCP>, by danny@iconsys.UUCP (Danny Young): " " I see your point. The reason I ask is because I obtained a kanji font " (kanji are the Chinese characters used in written Japanese) in BDF from the " recent X-windows release which I would like to use. I put an extended version of a program `lwf' in comp.sources.misc last October which prints kanji using the X 14x14 kanji font. Naturally, 14x14 there are some jaggies. I do not use the BDF form of the font, however, but rather the compressed .snf form. The X distribution contains a program to convert from .bdf files to .snf files. " 764 East Timpanogos Pkwy BITNET: icon%byuadam.bitnet I'll see if I can get mail to you to send a copy. Is that really a good address? No `@'? No `danny' -- just `icon'? Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Internet) lee@uhccux (Bitnet)
gerry@cs.keele.ac.uk (Gerry Pratt) (07/12/89)
> Since there isn't much general interest in a BDF-->printer_font utility, I'll > probably try to write one myself (I've already written a utility to show the > BDF font). Thanks for the information though. > On this point I would like to have all the fonts that were distributed with X11R3 in BDF (and then converted to SNF) in vfont format for Suns. Anyone done this or know if it is possible? thanks gerry pratt - workstation support - university of keele email: gerry@uk.ac.keele.seq1 * tel: 0782 621111 x 3290 -- gerry pratt - workstation support - university of keele email: gerry@uk.ac.keele.seq1 * tel: 0782 621111 x 3290
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (07/13/89)
|On this point I would like to have all the fonts that were distributed with |X11R3 in BDF (and then converted to SNF) in vfont format for Suns. There should be a couple of bdf to vfont converters in the X11R3 contributed software. Also one was posted to comp.sources.x.