wolf@alesi.cipl.uiowa.edu (Mike Wolf) (11/21/90)
I have two files, standard.bdf and xconq.bdf, these are supposed to be X11 font files encoded. How do I decode them? The README file with the archives says to smply do 'make X11fonts', but I get the following when I try this: (cd lib; fc xconq.bdf; fc standard.bdf) sh: fc: not found *** Error code 1 Stop. What format are these files in and how do I decode them? All help appreciated, thanks. Michael WOLF@MEL.CIPL.UIOWA.EDU
lush@EE.MsState.Edu (Edward Luke) (11/21/90)
In article <3276@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> wolf@alesi.cipl.uiowa.edu (Mike Wolf) writes:
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I have two files, standard.bdf and xconq.bdf, these are supposed
to be X11 font files encoded. How do I decode them? The README
file with the archives says to smply do 'make X11fonts', but I get
the following when I try this:
I have found that using the program 'bdf2snf' works as a font
converter, and then use the program 'mkfontdir' to include the fonts
in the current font directory. Also use 'xset +fp <font directory>'
to add a fontdirectory for your server to access if these font files
are not placed with the system fonts. I can't remember the
particulars, but I am sure the man pages on these utilities will clear
things up.
Ed Luke Mississippi State University
lush@ee.msstate.edujansteen@cwi.nl (Jan van der Steen) (11/21/90)
wolf@alesi.cipl.uiowa.edu (Mike Wolf) writes: >I have two files, standard.bdf and xconq.bdf, these are supposed >to be X11 font files encoded. How do I decode them? The README >file with the archives says to smply do 'make X11fonts', but I get >the following when I try this: >(cd lib; fc xconq.bdf; fc standard.bdf) >sh: fc: not found >*** Error code 1 >Stop. >What format are these files in and how do I decode them? >All help appreciated, thanks. >Michael >WOLF@MEL.CIPL.UIOWA.EDU Bdf files contain ascii data (bitmap distribution format). They specify a font by including a bitmap for each character. You can "compile" the font by running bdftosnf (which comes with the X11R[34] system): bdftosnf standard.bdf > standard.snf bdftosnf xconq.bdf > xconq.snf Next you execute: mkfontdir <dir> where <dir> is the directory where you installed the .snf files. This command will create a file "fonts.dir" with information about the fontname->filename mappings. After that you add that very directory to your fontpath: xset fp+ <dir> If the directory already was included in your fontpath you can replace the above line with a: xset fp rehash Finally, you can check to see if the fonts are known by the X-server by executing: xlsfonts | more Jan van der Steen -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jan van der Steen jansteen@cwi.nl Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jan van der Steen jansteen@cwi.nl Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands