From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 17 17:38:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA22156 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:38:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA22146 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:38:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA01214; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:38:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:38:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "K. Marsh" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fonts with .bdf extension In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, K. Marsh wrote: > I have been trying to install some Thai fonts for use with Netscape. I've > found many how-to's about post script fonts, but these fonts have a ".bdf" > filename extension and I'm unsure how to use them. > > I've tried putting them in their own directory in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > via sym link, and I've tried linking the individual font files into > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, then using 'xset fp rehash'. This has no > observable effect. > > Can I use .bdf fonts? What are they? and How can I use them? Good question. The font tutorial at http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/fonts.html doesn't mention them, so I have this feeling they aren't supported. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major