mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (05/09/91)
Archive-name: x11/fonts/getbdf/1991-05-02 Archive: larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu:/X/getbdf.c [132.206.4.3] Original-posting-by: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) Original-subject: Re: fb to snf converter Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) > I know I have seen this asked on the net before, but I don't remember > seeing an answer, nor can I find anything regarding it in the FAQ. > Is there a utility to convert OpenWindow FB fonts to fonts that can > be used with X, such as SNF. Speaking strictly to the technical issues, ignoring possible legal reasons you wouldn't want to do this.... (I'm not a lawyer.) You could always use getbdf to connect to the OW server and generate a BDF representation of the font at some particular size. (getbdf is something I wrote to do precisely this: produce BDF for a font from an arbitrary X server. You can ftp it from 132.206.1.1, in X/getbdf.c, or via mail from me if you can't ftp it for some reason.) der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu -- comp.archives file verification larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 11823 Sep 11 1990 /X/getbdf.c found getbdf ok larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu:/X/getbdf.c