spsisira@sdrc.UUCP (Sisira Jayasinghe) (10/22/90)
I am trying to create a font using a bdf file. I was told that I need to convert the bdf file to either snf or pcf file using bdftosnf or bdftopcf respectively. Then feed this file to mkfontdir to get the required font. My problem is I do not have any of these utilities here at SDRC. I am very grateful if you could tell me where I can find these programs or how to generate font from bdf files. Thank you in advance. Sisira Jayasinghe. Sr. Technical Developement Engineer uunet!sdrc!cae19!spsisira Structural Dynamics Research Coorporation spsisira@sdrc.UUCP 2000 Eastman Dr. Milford OH 45150
daniel@osf.org (Daniel Dardailler) (10/24/90)
BDF is the standard font interchange font format for the X Windows System version 11 (it comes from Adobe). If by 'making a font' you mean making a font available to the X window server, then you right and you can will find these utilities (bdfto...) on the X tape (or on the X ftp anonymous machine: expo.lcs.mit.edu). Otherwise, a BDF file *is* already a font. Daniel Dardailler | OSF/Motif Team Open Software Foundation | Email : daniel@osf.org 11 Cambridge Center | Phone : (617) 621 8840 CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 | Fax : (617) 621 0584