Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 22:23:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@synet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fonts with .bdf extension Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970317221723.1602A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703180335.VAA12193@base486.synet.net>
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On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Dave Bodenstab wrote: > > 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. > > > Use ``/usr/X11R6/bin/bdftopcf'' and either put the result in one of > the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/* directories or put the result in another > directory (remembering to put the new directory in the XF86Config file.) > Then run ``xset fp rehash''. You can also add a new font directory with > xset without modifying XF86Config if you want. > > You also need to run ``mkfontdir'' in the directory that the new .pcf file > lives in order to update ``fonts.dir''. Do this before the xset. Thanks for the update. Would it be possible to add this to the tutorial? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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