[comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt] RT font convertor fixes?!

decoste@p.cs.uiuc.edu (06/16/89)

I have heard that there are fixes to some of IBM's font convertors
for the PC/RT.  In particular, I need fixes for bdftosnf, snftortx,
and/or pktortx.

I'm trying to get TEXX2 to run on an IBM PC/RT running AIX 2.2.1.
Everything seems to work except that most fonts are bad when generated
by the mftobdf program (which comes with TEXX2 distribution) and
converted to RT's X11 rtx format.

I convert using mf --> bdf --> snf --> rtx, using mftobdf
and IBM's versions of bdftosnf and snftortx.  The same problems
occur when I use IBM's pktortx convertor directly.
Curiously, SOME of the generated rtx fonts do in fact look fine
according to xfd.  But most can't even be read by xfd.

Alternatively, does anyone know of ways to try to display the bdf or snf
format fonts, so I can figure out WHICH convertor(s) are causing the problems?

Thanks!

Dennis DeCoste