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. -- Hal Peterson Domain: hrp@cray.com Cray Research Old style: hrp%cray.com@uc.msc.umn.edu 1440 Northland Dr. UUCP: uunet!cray!hrp Mendota Hts, MN 55120 USA Telephone: +1 612 681 3145