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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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