hrp@boring.cray.com (Hal Peterson) (07/26/89)
X11R3 comes with a large set of BDF files for PostScript fonts,
including Courier, Helvetica, New Century Schoolbook, Times, and
Bitstream Charter. All of the ones I've checked have a notice near
the beginning similar to this one:
COMMENT Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
COMMENT its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
COMMENT granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
COMMENT copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
COMMENT notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
COMMENT [company] not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
COMMENT distribution of the software without specific, written prior
COMMENT permission. [Company] makes no representations about the
COMMENT suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as
COMMENT is" without express or implied warranty.
so they're free. It would be a straightforward matter of programming
to convert the BDF files to PostScript files, meanwhile changing the
bitmaps into outlines with imagecharpath. There's even a BDF parser
buried somewhere in bdftosnf, which also comes with the X11R3
distribution; that could be the starting point for bdftops. Combine
that with a version of btoi.ps rewritten to handle fonts with
proportional spacing, and voila! Fonts.
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