Date: 8 Oct 1999 14:50:38 -0000 From: nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/14206: whitespace fixup for fonts article Message-ID: <19991008145038.61048.qmail@mithrandr.moria.org>
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>Number: 14206
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: whitespace fixup for fonts article
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 8 08:00:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Neil Blakey-Milner
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Rhodes University Computer Users' Society
>Environment:
FreeBSD mithrandr.moria.org 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #2: Wed Sep 29 17:30:21 SAST 1999 root@mithrandr.moria.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/MITHRANDR i386
>Description:
This is an entirely whitespace change, which applies the new proposed
indentation/whitespace style. Translators can ignore this, but should
take note of the style.
This patch relies on docs/14197.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- article.sgml.old Thu Oct 7 21:57:25 1999
+++ article.sgml Fri Oct 8 14:54:08 1999
@@ -23,265 +23,294 @@
-->
<article>
+ <artheader>
+ <title>Fonts and FreeBSD</title>
+
+ <subtitle>A Tutorial</subtitle>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Dave</firstname>
+
+ <surname>Bodenstab</surname>
+
+ <affiliation>
+ <address>
+ <email>imdave@synet.net</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+
+ <pubdate>Wed Aug 7, 1996</pubdate>
+
+ <abstract>
+ <para>This document contains a description of the various font
+ files that may be used with FreeBSD and the syscons driver,
+ X11, Ghostscript and Groff. Cookbook examples are provided
+ for switching the syscons display to 80x60 mode, and for using
+ type 1 fonts with the above application programs.</para>
+ </abstract>
+ </artheader>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <para>There are many sources of fonts available, and one might ask
+ how they might be used with FreeBSD. The answer can be found by
+ carefully searching the documentation for the component that one
+ would like to use. This is very time consuming, so this
+ tutorial is an attempt to provide a shortcut for others who
+ might be interested.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Basic terminology</title>
+
+ <para>There are many different font formats and associated font
+ file suffixes. A few that will be addressed here are:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>.pfa</>, <filename>.pfb</></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Postscript type 1 fonts. The
+ <filename>.pfa</filename> is the
+ <emphasis>A</emphasis>scii form and
+ <filename>.pfb</filename> the <emphasis>B</emphasis>inary
+ form.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>.afm</></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The font metrics associated with a type 1 font.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>.pfm</></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The printer font metrics associated with a type 1
+ font.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>.ttf</></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A TrueType font</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>.fot</></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>An indirect reference to a TrueType font (not an
+ actual font)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>.fon</>, <filename>.fnt</></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Bitmapped screen fonts</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The <filename>.fot</filename> file is used by Windows as
+ sort of a symbolic link to the actual TrueType font
+ (<filename>.ttf</filename>) file. The <filename>.fon</filename>
+ font files are also used by Windows. I know of no way to use
+ this font format with FreeBSD.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>What font formats can I use?</title>
+
+ <para>Which font file format is useful depends on the application
+ being used. FreeBSD by itself uses no fonts. Application
+ programs and/or drivers may make use of the font files. Here is
+ a small cross reference of application/driver to the font type
+ suffixes:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Driver</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>syscons</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>.fnt</></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Application</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Ghostscript</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>.pfa</filename>,
+ <filename>.pfb</filename>,
+ <filename>.ttf</filename></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>X11</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>.pfa</filename>,
+ <filename>.pfb</filename></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Groff</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>.pfa</filename>,
+ <filename>.afm</filename></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Povray</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>.ttf</filename></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The <filename>.fnt</filename> suffix is used quite
+ frequently. I suspect that whenever someone wanted to create a
+ specialized font file for their application, more often than not
+ they chose this suffix. Therefore, it is likely that files with
+ this suffix are not all the same format; specifically, the
+ <filename>.fnt</filename> files used by syscons under FreeBSD
+ may not be the same format as a <filename>.fnt</filename> file
+ one encounters in the MSDOS/Windows environment. I have not
+ made any attempt at using other <filename>.fnt</filename> files
+ other than those provided with FreeBSD.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Setting a virtual console to 80x60 line mode</title>
+
+ <para>First, a 8x8 font must be loaded.
+ <filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> should contain the
+ lines:</para>
+
+<informalexample>
+<programlisting>
+# Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
+font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt
+</programlisting>
+</informalexample>
+
+ <para>The command to actually switch the mode is
+ &man.vidcontrol.1:</para>
-<artheader>
-<title>Fonts and FreeBSD</title>
-<subtitle>A Tutorial</subtitle>
-
-<authorgroup>
-<author>
-<firstname>Dave</firstname>
-<surname>Bodenstab</surname>
-<affiliation>
-<address><email>imdave@synet.net</email></address>
-</affiliation>
-</author>
-</authorgroup>
-
-<pubdate>Wed Aug 7, 1996</pubdate>
-
-<abstract><para>This document contains a description of the various
-font files that may be used with FreeBSD and the syscons driver, X11,
-Ghostscript and Groff. Cookbook examples are provided for switching
-the syscons display to 80x60 mode, and for using type 1 fonts with
-the above application programs.</para></abstract>
-
-</artheader>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Introduction</title>
-
-<para>There are many sources of fonts available, and one might ask
-how they might be used with FreeBSD. The answer can be found by
-carefully searching the documentation for the component that one
-would like to use. This is very time consuming, so this tutorial is
-an attempt to provide a shortcut for others who might be
-interested.</para>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Basic terminology</title>
-
-<para>There are many different font formats and associated font file
-suffixes. A few that will be addressed here are:
-</para>
-<variablelist>
-
-<varlistentry><term><filename>.pfa</>, <filename>.pfb</></term>
-
-<listitem><para>Postscript type 1 fonts. The <filename>.pfa</filename> is the
-<emphasis>A</emphasis>scii form and <filename>.pfb</filename> the
-<emphasis>B</emphasis>inary form.</para></listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term><filename>.afm</></term>
-
-<listitem><para>The font metrics associated with a type 1
-font.</para></listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term><filename>.pfm</></term>
-
-<listitem><para>The printer font metrics associated with a type 1
-font.</para></listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term><filename>.ttf</></term>
-
-<listitem><para>A TrueType font</para></listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term><filename>.fot</></term>
-
-<listitem><para>An indirect reference to a TrueType font (not an
-actual font)</para></listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term><filename>.fon</>, <filename>.fnt</></term>
-
-<listitem><para>Bitmapped screen fonts</para></listitem>
-
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-<para>The <filename>.fot</filename> file is used by Windows as sort
-of a symbolic link to the actual TrueType font
-(<filename>.ttf</filename>) file. The <filename>.fon</filename> font
-files are also used by Windows. I know of no way to use this font
-format with FreeBSD.</para>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>What font formats can I use?</title>
-
-<para>Which font file format is useful depends on the application
-being used. FreeBSD by itself uses no fonts. Application programs
-and/or drivers may make use of the font files. Here is a small cross
-reference of application/driver to the font type suffixes:</para>
-
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry><term>Driver</term>
-<listitem>
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry><term>syscons</term>
-<listitem>
-<para><filename>.fnt</></para>
-
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Application</term>
-
-<listitem>
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry><term>Ghostscript</term>
-<listitem>
-<para><filename>.pfa</filename>, <filename>.pfb</filename>, <filename>.ttf</filename></para>
-
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>X11</term>
-
-<listitem>
-<para><filename>.pfa</filename>, <filename>.pfb</filename></para>
-
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Groff</term>
-
-<listitem>
-<para><filename>.pfa</filename>, <filename>.afm</filename></para>
-
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Povray</term>
-
-<listitem>
-<para><filename>.ttf</filename></para>
-
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-<para>The <filename>.fnt</filename> suffix is used quite frequently.
-I suspect that whenever someone wanted to create a specialized font
-file for their application, more often than not they chose this
-suffix. Therefore, it is likely that files with this suffix are not
-all the same format; specifically, the <filename>.fnt</filename>
-files used by syscons under FreeBSD may not be the same format as a
-<filename>.fnt</filename> file one encounters in the MSDOS/Windows
-environment. I have not made any attempt at using other
-<filename>.fnt</filename> files other than those provided with
-FreeBSD.</para>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Setting a virtual console to 80x60 line mode</title>
-
-<para>First, a 8x8 font must be loaded.
-<filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> should contain the lines:
-</para>
-<informalexample>
-<programlisting># Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
-font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt</programlisting>
-</informalexample>
-
-<para>The command to actually switch the mode is
-&man.vidcontrol.1:
-</para>
-<informalexample>
-<screen>bash$ <userinput>vidcontrol VGA_80x60</userinput></screen>
-</informalexample>
-
-<para>Various screen orientated programs, such as
-&man.vi.1, must be able to
-determine the current screen dimensions. These can be set with
-&man.stty.1;:
-</para>
-<informalexample>
-<screen>bash$ <userinput>stty crt rows 60 columns 80</userinput></screen>
-</informalexample>
-
-<para>To make this more seamless, one can embed these commands in the
-startup scripts so it takes place when the system boots. One way to
-do this is:
-</para>
-<orderedlist>
-
-<listitem>
-<para>Modify <filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> as above</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<para>Add to <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>:
-</para>
<informalexample>
-<programlisting>for tty in /dev/ttyv?
+<screen>
+bash$ <userinput>vidcontrol VGA_80x60</userinput>
+</screen>
+</informalexample>
+
+ <para>Various screen orientated programs, such as &man.vi.1, must
+ be able to determine the current screen dimensions. These can
+ be set with &man.stty.1;:</para>
+
+<informalexample>
+<screen>
+bash$ <userinput>stty crt rows 60 columns 80</userinput>
+</screen>
+</informalexample>
+
+ <para>To make this more seamless, one can embed these commands in
+ the startup scripts so it takes place when the system boots.
+ One way to do this is:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Modify <filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> as
+ above</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Add to <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>:</para>
+
+<informalexample>
+<programlisting>
+for tty in /dev/ttyv?
do
vidcontrol VGA_80x60 <$tty >/dev/null 2>&1
-done</programlisting>
+done
+</programlisting>
</informalexample>
-</listitem>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Add to <filename>/etc/profile</filename>:</para>
-<listitem>
-<para>Add to <filename>/etc/profile</filename>:
-</para>
<informalexample>
-<programlisting>TTYNAME=`basename \`tty\``
+<programlisting>
+TTYNAME=`basename \`tty\``
if expr "$TTYNAME" : 'ttyv' >/dev/null
then
stty crt rows 60 columns 80
-fi</programlisting>
+fi
+</programlisting>
</informalexample>
-</listitem>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ <para>References: &man.stty.1;, &man.vidcontrol.1;.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Using type 1 fonts with X11</title>
+
+ <para>X11 can use either the <filename>.pfa</filename> or the
+ <filename>.pfb</filename> format fonts. The X11 fonts are
+ located in various subdirectories under
+ <filename>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</filename>. Each font file
+ is cross referenced to its X11 name by the contents of the
+ <filename>fonts.dir</filename> file in each directory.</para>
+
+ <para>There is already a directory named <filename>Type1</>. The
+ most straight forward way to add a new font is to put it into
+ this directory. A better way is to keep all new fonts in a
+ separate directory and use a symbolic link to the additional
+ font. This allows one to more easily keep track of ones fonts
+ without confusing them with the fonts that were originally
+ provided. For example:</para>
-</orderedlist>
-
-<para>References:
-&man.stty.1;,
-&man.vidcontrol.1;.</para>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Using type 1 fonts with X11</title>
-
-<para>X11 can use either the <filename>.pfa</filename> or the
-<filename>.pfb</filename> format fonts. The X11 fonts are located in
-various subdirectories under
-<filename>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</filename>. Each font file is
-cross referenced to its X11 name by the contents of the
-<filename>fonts.dir</filename> file in each directory.</para>
-
-<para>There is already a directory named <filename>Type1</>. The most
-straight forward way to add a new font is to put it into this
-directory. A better way is to keep all new fonts in a separate
-directory and use a symbolic link to the additional font. This
-allows one to more easily keep track of ones fonts without confusing
-them with the fonts that were originally provided. For
-example:
-</para>
<informalexample>
-<screen><lineannotation>Create a directory to contain the font files</>
+<screen>
+<lineannotation>Create a directory to contain the font files</>
bash$ <userinput>mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/type1</>
bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/local/share/fonts/type1</>
@@ -292,16 +321,18 @@
bash$ <userinput>cp /cdrom/fonts/atm/showboat/showboat.afm .</>
<lineannotation>Maintain an index to cross reference the fonts</>
-bash$ <userinput>echo showboat - InfoMagic CICA, Dec 1994, /fonts/atm/showboat >>INDEX</></screen>
+bash$ <userinput>echo showboat - InfoMagic CICA, Dec 1994, /fonts/atm/showboat >>INDEX</>
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>Now, to use a new font with X11, one must make the font file
-available and update the font name files. The X11 font names look
-like:
-</para>
+
+ <para>Now, to use a new font with X11, one must make the font file
+ available and update the font name files. The X11 font names
+ look like:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen>-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal-xxx-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
- | | | | | | | | | | | | \ \
+<screen>
+-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal-xxx-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
+ | | | | | | | | | | | | \ \
| | | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ +----+- character set
| | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ +- average width
| | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ +- spacing
@@ -310,18 +341,19 @@
| | | \ \ \ \ +- points
| | | \ \ \ +- pixels
| | | \ \ \
- foundry family weight slant width additional style</screen>
+ foundry family weight slant width additional style
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>A new name needs to be created for each new font. If you have
-some information from the documentation that accompanied the font,
-then it could serve as the basis for creating the name. If there is
-no information, then you can get some idea by using
-&man.strings.1; on the font
-file. For example:
-</para>
+
+ <para>A new name needs to be created for each new font. If you
+ have some information from the documentation that accompanied
+ the font, then it could serve as the basis for creating the
+ name. If there is no information, then you can get some idea by
+ using &man.strings.1; on the font file. For example:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen>bash$ <userinput>strings showboat.pfb | more</>
+<screen>
+bash$ <userinput>strings showboat.pfb | more</>
%!FontType1-1.0: Showboat 001.001
%%CreationDate: 1/15/91 5:16:03 PM
%%VMusage: 1024 45747
@@ -345,87 +377,113 @@
1991 by David Rakowski. Alle Rechte Vorbehalten.) readonly def
end readonly def
/FontName /Showboat def
---stdin--</screen>
+--stdin--
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>Using this information, a possible name might be:
-</para>
-<informalexample>
-<screen>-type1-Showboat-medium-r-normal-decorative-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1</screen>
-</informalexample>
-
-<para>The components of our name are:
-</para>
-<variablelist>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Foundry</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Lets just name all the new fonts <literal>type1</>.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Family</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>The name of the font.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Weight</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Normal, bold, medium, semibold, etc. From the
-<citerefentry><refentrytitle>strings</><manvolnum>1</></> output
-above, it appears that this font has a weight of
-<emphasis>medium</emphasis>.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Slant</term>
-<listitem>
-<para><emphasis remap=bf>r</emphasis>oman, <emphasis
-remap=bf>i</emphasis>talic, <emphasis remap=bf>o</emphasis>blique,
-etc. Since the <emphasis>ItalicAngle</emphasis> is zero,
-<emphasis>roman</emphasis> will be used.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Width</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Normal, wide, condensed, extended, etc. Until it can be examined,
-the assumption will be <emphasis>normal</emphasis>.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Additional style</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Usually omitted, but this will indicate that
-the font contains decorative capital letters.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry><term>Spacing</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>proportional or monospaced. <emphasis>Proportional</emphasis>
-is used since <emphasis>isFixedPitch</emphasis> is false.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-</variablelist>
-
-<para>All of these names are arbitrary, but one should strive to be
-compatible with the existing conventions. A font is referenced by
-name with possible wild cards by an X11 program, so the name chosen
-should make some sense. One might begin by simply using
-<informalexample>
-<screen>…-normal-r-normal-…-p-…</screen>
-</informalexample>
-as the name, and then use
-<citerefentry><refentrytitle>xfontsel</><manvolnum>1</></> to examine it
-and adjust the name based on the appearance of the font.</para>
-<para>So, to complete our example:
-</para>
+ <para>Using this information, a possible name might be:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen><lineannotation>Make the font accessible to X11</>
+<screen>
+-type1-Showboat-medium-r-normal-decorative-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
+</screen>
+</informalexample>
+
+ <para>The components of our name are:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Foundry</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Lets just name all the new fonts
+ <literal>type1</>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Family</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The name of the font.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Weight</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Normal, bold, medium, semibold, etc. From the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>strings</><manvolnum>1</></>
+ output above, it appears that this font has a weight of
+ <emphasis>medium</emphasis>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Slant</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><emphasis remap=bf>r</emphasis>oman, <emphasis
+ remap=bf>i</emphasis>talic, <emphasis
+ remap=bf>o</emphasis>blique, etc. Since the
+ <emphasis>ItalicAngle</emphasis> is zero,
+ <emphasis>roman</emphasis> will be used.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Width</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Normal, wide, condensed, extended, etc. Until it can
+ be examined, the assumption will be
+ <emphasis>normal</emphasis>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Additional style</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Usually omitted, but this will indicate that the font
+ contains decorative capital letters.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Spacing</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>proportional or monospaced.
+ <emphasis>Proportional</emphasis> is used since
+ <emphasis>isFixedPitch</emphasis> is false.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>All of these names are arbitrary, but one should strive to
+ be compatible with the existing conventions. A font is
+ referenced by name with possible wild cards by an X11 program,
+ so the name chosen should make some sense. One might begin by
+ simply using
+
+<informalexample>
+<screen>
+…-normal-r-normal-…-p-…
+</screen>
+</informalexample>
+
+ as the name, and then use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>xfontsel</><manvolnum>1</></> to
+ examine it and adjust the name based on the appearance of the
+ font.</para>
+
+ <para>So, to complete our example:</para>
+
+<informalexample>
+<screen>
+<lineannotation>Make the font accessible to X11</>
bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1</>
bash$ <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.pfb .</>
@@ -449,29 +507,29 @@
bash$ <userinput>xset fp rehash</>
<lineannotation>Examine the new font</>
-bash$ <userinput>xfontsel -pattern -type1-*</></screen>
+bash$ <userinput>xfontsel -pattern -type1-*</>
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>References:
-&man.xfontsel.1;,
-&man.xset.1;,
-<citetitle>The X Windows System in a Nutshell</>, <ulink
-URL="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly & Associates</ulink>.</para>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Using type 1 fonts with Ghostscript</title>
-
-<para>Ghostscript references a font via its <filename>Fontmap</>
-file. This must be modified in a similar way to the X11
-<filename>fonts.dir</filename> file. Ghostscript can use either the
-<filename>.pfa</filename> or the <filename>.pfb</filename> format
-fonts. Using the font from the previous example, here is how to use
-it with Ghostscript:
-</para>
+
+ <para>References: &man.xfontsel.1;, &man.xset.1;, <citetitle>The X
+ Windows System in a Nutshell</>, <ulink
+ URL="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly &
+ Associates</ulink>.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Using type 1 fonts with Ghostscript</title>
+
+ <para>Ghostscript references a font via its <filename>Fontmap</>
+ file. This must be modified in a similar way to the X11
+ <filename>fonts.dir</filename> file. Ghostscript can use either
+ the <filename>.pfa</filename> or the <filename>.pfb</filename>
+ format fonts. Using the font from the previous example, here is
+ how to use it with Ghostscript:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen><lineannotation>Put the font in Ghostscript's font directory</>
+<screen>
+<lineannotation>Put the font in Ghostscript's font directory</>
bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts</>
bash$ <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.pfb .</>
@@ -497,46 +555,51 @@
>>showpage, press <return> to continue<<
>>showpage, press <return> to continue<<
>>showpage, press <return> to continue<<
-GS><userinput>quit</></screen>
+GS><userinput>quit</>
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>References: <filename>fonts.txt</filename> in the Ghostscript
-4.01 distribution</para>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Using type 1 fonts with Groff</title>
-
-<para>Now that the new font can be used by both X11 and Ghostscript,
-how can one use the new font with groff? First of all, since we are
-dealing with type 1 postscript fonts, the groff device that is
-applicable is the <emphasis>ps</emphasis> device. A font file must be
-created for each font that groff can use. A groff font name is just
-a file in <filename>/usr/share/groff_font/devps</filename>. With our
-example, the font file could be
-<filename>/usr/share/groff_font/devps/SHOWBOAT</filename>. The file
-must be created using tools provided by groff.</para>
-
-<para>The first tool is <command>afmtodit</>. This is not normally
-installed, so it must be retrieved from the source distribution. I
-found I had to change the first line of the file, so I did:
-</para>
+
+ <para>References: <filename>fonts.txt</filename> in the
+ Ghostscript 4.01 distribution</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Using type 1 fonts with Groff</title>
+
+ <para>Now that the new font can be used by both X11 and
+ Ghostscript, how can one use the new font with groff? First of
+ all, since we are dealing with type 1 postscript fonts, the
+ groff device that is applicable is the <emphasis>ps</emphasis>
+ device. A font file must be created for each font that groff
+ can use. A groff font name is just a file in
+ <filename>/usr/share/groff_font/devps</filename>. With our
+ example, the font file could be
+ <filename>/usr/share/groff_font/devps/SHOWBOAT</filename>. The
+ file must be created using tools provided by groff.</para>
+
+ <para>The first tool is <command>afmtodit</>. This is not
+ normally installed, so it must be retrieved from the source
+ distribution. I found I had to change the first line of the
+ file, so I did:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen>bash$ <userinput>cp /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/afmtodit/afmtodit.pl /tmp</>
+<screen>
+bash$ <userinput>cp /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/afmtodit/afmtodit.pl /tmp</>
bash$ <userinput>ex /tmp/afmtodit.pl
:1c
#!/usr/bin/perl -P-
.
-:wq</></screen>
+:wq</>
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>This tool will create the groff font file from the metrics file
-(<filename>.afm</filename> suffix.) Continuing with our
-example:
-</para>
+
+ <para>This tool will create the groff font file from the metrics
+ file (<filename>.afm</filename> suffix.) Continuing with our
+ example:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen><lineannotation>Many <filename>.afm</> files are in Mac format&hellip ^M delimited lines
+<screen>
+<lineannotation>Many <filename>.afm</> files are in Mac format&hellip ^M delimited lines
We need to convert them to unix style ^J delimited lines</>
bash$ <userinput>cd /tmp</>
bash$ <userinput>cat /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.afm |
@@ -544,33 +607,38 @@
<lineannotation>Now create the groff font file</>
bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/share/groff_font/devps</>
-bash$ <userinput>/tmp/afmtodit.pl -d DESC -e text.enc /tmp/showboat.afm generate/textmap SHOWBOAT</></screen>
+bash$ <userinput>/tmp/afmtodit.pl -d DESC -e text.enc /tmp/showboat.afm generate/textmap SHOWBOAT</>
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>The font can now be referenced with the name SHOWBOAT.</para>
-
-<para>If ghostscript is used to drive the printers on the system,
-then nothing more needs to be done. However, if true postscript
-printers are used, then the font must be down loaded to the printer
-in order for the font to be used (unless the printer happens to have
-the showboat font built in or on an accessible font disk.) The final
-step is to create a down loadable font. The <command>pfbtops</> tool
-is used to create the <filename>.pfa</filename> format of the font,
-and the <filename>download</> file is modified to reference the new
-font. The <filename>download</> file must reference the internal
-name of the font. This can easily be determined from the groff font
-file as illustrated:
-</para>
+
+ <para>The font can now be referenced with the name
+ SHOWBOAT.</para>
+
+ <para>If ghostscript is used to drive the printers on the system,
+ then nothing more needs to be done. However, if true postscript
+ printers are used, then the font must be down loaded to the
+ printer in order for the font to be used (unless the printer
+ happens to have the showboat font built in or on an accessible
+ font disk.) The final step is to create a down loadable font.
+ The <command>pfbtops</> tool is used to create the
+ <filename>.pfa</filename> format of the font, and the
+ <filename>download</> file is modified to reference the new
+ font. The <filename>download</> file must reference the
+ internal name of the font. This can easily be determined from
+ the groff font file as illustrated:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen><lineannotation>Create the <filename>.pfa</> font file</>
+<screen>
+<lineannotation>Create the <filename>.pfa</> font file</>
bash$ <userinput>pfbtops /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.pfb >showboat.pfa</></screen>
</informalexample>
-<para>
-Of course, if the <filename>.pfa</filename> file is already
-available, just use a symbolic link to reference it.
-</para>
+
+ <para>Of course, if the <filename>.pfa</filename> file is already
+ available, just use a symbolic link to reference it.</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen><lineannotation>Get the internal font name</>
+<screen>
+<lineannotation>Get the internal font name</>
bash$ <userinput>fgrep internalname SHOWBOAT</>
internalname Showboat
@@ -579,13 +647,15 @@
:$a
Showboat showboat.pfa
.
-:wq</></screen>
+:wq</>
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>To test the font:
-</para>
+
+ <para>To test the font:</para>
+
<informalexample>
-<screen>bash$ <userinput>cd /tmp</>
+<screen>
+bash$ <userinput>cd /tmp</>
bash$ <userinput>cat >example.t <<EOF
.sp 5
.ps 16
@@ -618,16 +688,14 @@
bash$ <userinput>ghostview example.ps</>
<lineannotation>To print it</>
-bash$ <userinput>lpr -Ppostscript example.ps</></screen>
+bash$ <userinput>lpr -Ppostscript example.ps</>
+</screen>
</informalexample>
-
-<para>References:
-<filename>/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/afmtodit/afmtodit.man</filename>,
-&man.groff.font.5;,
-&man.groff.char.7;,
-&man.pfbtops.1;.</para>
-
-</sect1>
+
+ <para>References:
+ <filename>/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/afmtodit/afmtodit.man</filename>,
+ &man.groff.font.5;, &man.groff.char.7;, &man.pfbtops.1;.</para>
+ </sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Converting TrueType fonts to a groff/postscript format for
@@ -635,23 +703,23 @@
<para>This potentially requires a bit of work, simply because it
depends on some utilities that are not installed as part of the
- base system. They are:</para>
+ base system. They are:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>ttf2pf</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>TrueType to postscript convertsion utilities. This
+ <para>TrueType to postscript convertsion utilities. This
allows conversion of a TrueType font to an ascii font
metric (<filename>.afm</filename>) file.</para>
-
+
<para>Currently available at <ulink
- url="http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/BachoTeX98/ttf2pf/">http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/BachoTeX98/ttf2pf</ulink>.
+ url="http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/BachoTeX98/ttf2pf/">http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/GUST/contrib/BachoTeX98/ttf2pf</ulink>.
Note: These files are postscript programs and must be
downloaded to disk by holding down the
- <keycap>Shift</keycap> key when clicking on the
- link. Otherwise, your browser may try to launch
+ <keycap>Shift</keycap> key when clicking on the link.
+ Otherwise, your browser may try to launch
<application>ghostview</application> to view them.</para>
<para>The files of interest are:</para>
@@ -673,8 +741,8 @@
<para>The funny upper/lower case is due to their being
intended also for DOS shells.
<filename>ttf2pf.ps</filename> makes use of the others as
- upper case, so any renaming must be consistent with
- this. (Actually, <filename>GS_TTF.PS</filename> and
+ upper case, so any renaming must be consistent with this.
+ (Actually, <filename>GS_TTF.PS</filename> and
<filename>PFS2AFM.PS</filename> are supposedly part of the
ghostscript distribution, but it's just as easy to use
these as an isolated utility. FreeBSD doesn't seem to
@@ -689,7 +757,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Creates font files for use with groff from ascii font
- metrics file. This usually resides in the directory,
+ metrics file. This usually resides in the directory,
<filename>/usr/src/contrib/groff/afmtodit</filename>, and
requires some work to get going.</para>
@@ -700,12 +768,12 @@
location.</para>
</note>
- <para>In the work area, you'll need to make the
- utility. Just type:</para>
+ <para>In the work area, you'll need to make the utility.
+ Just type:</para>
- <screen>
+<screen>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>make -f Makefile.sub afmtodit</userinput>
- </screen>
+</screen>
<para>You may also need to copy
<filename>/usr/contrib/groff/devps/generate/textmap</filename>
@@ -724,9 +792,9 @@
<para>Create the <filename>.afm</filename> file by
typing:</para>
- <screen>
+<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput>gs <optional>-dNODISPLAY</optional> <optional>-q</optional> -- ttf2pf.ps <replaceable>TTF_name</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>PS_font_name</replaceable> <optional><replaceable>AFM_name</replaceable></optional></optional></userinput>
- </screen>
+</screen>
<para>Where, <replaceable>TTF_name</replaceable> is your
TrueType font file, <replaceable>PS_font_name</replaceable>
@@ -739,32 +807,32 @@
<para>This also produces a <filename>.pfa</filename> file, the
ascii postscript font metrics file
- (<filename>.pfb</filename> is for the binrary form). This
+ (<filename>.pfb</filename> is for the binrary form). This
won't be needed, but could (I think) be useful for a
fontserver.</para>
<para>For example, to convert the 30f9 Barcode font using the
default file names, use the following command:</para>
- <screen>
+<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput>gs -dNODISPLAY -- ttf2pf.ps 3of9.ttf</userinput>
Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10 (1997-11-23)
Copyright (C) 1997 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Converting 3of9.ttf to 3of9.pfa and 3of9.afm.
- </screen>
+</screen>
<para>If you want the converted fonts to be stored in
<filename>A.pfa</filename> and <filename>B.afm</filename>,
then use this command:</para>
- <screen>
+<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput>gs -dNODISPLAY -- ttf2pf.ps 3of9.ttf A B</userinput>
Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10 (1997-11-23)
Copyright (C) 1997 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Converting 3of9.ttf to A.pfa and B.afm.
- </screen>
+</screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -772,34 +840,33 @@
<para>Change directories to
<filename>/usr/share/groff_font/devps</filename> so as to
- make the following command easier to execute. You'll
- probably need root priviledges for this. (Or, if you're
+ make the following command easier to execute. You'll
+ probably need root priviledges for this. (Or, if you're
paranoid about working there, make sure you reference the
files <filename>DESC</filename>,
<filename>text.enc</filename> and
<filename>generate/textmap</filename> as being in this
directory.)</para>
- <screen>
+<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput>afmtodit -d DESC -e text.enc file.afm \
generate/textmap <replaceable>PS_font_name</replaceable></userinput>
- </screen>
+</screen>
<para>Where, <filename>file.afm</filename> is the
<replaceable>AFM_name</replaceable> created by
<command>ttf2pf.ps</command> above, and
<replaceable>PS_font_name</replaceable> is the font name
used from that command, as well as the name that
- &man.groff.1;
- will use for references to this font. For example, assuming
- you used the first <command>tiff2pf.ps</command> command
- above, then the 3of9 Barcode font can be created using the
- command:</para>
+ &man.groff.1; will use for references to this font. For
+ example, assuming you used the first
+ <command>tiff2pf.ps</command> command above, then the 3of9
+ Barcode font can be created using the command:</para>
- <screen>
+<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput>afmtodit -d DESC -e text.enc 3of9.afm \
generate/textmap 3of9</userinput>
- </screen>
+</screen>
<para>Ensure that the resulting
<replaceable>PS_font_name</replaceable> file (e.g.,
@@ -814,137 +881,146 @@
<filename>.afm</filename> file prior to running
<command>afmtodit</command>. This name must also match the
one used in the Fontmap file if you wish to pipe
- &man.groff.1; into
- &man.gs.1;.</para>
+ &man.groff.1; into &man.gs.1;.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect1>
-<sect1>
-<title>Can TrueType fonts be used with other programs?</title>
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Can TrueType fonts be used with other programs?</title>
+
+ <para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95, and
+ Mac's. It is quite popular and there are a great number of
+ fonts available in this format.</para>
+
+ <para>Unfortunately, there are few applications that I am aware of
+ that can use this format: Ghostscript and Povray come to mind.
+ Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation, is
+ rudimentary and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1
+ fonts. Povray version 3 also has the ability to use TrueType
+ fonts, but I rather doubt many people will be creating documents
+ as a series of raytraced pages :-).</para>
+
+ <para>This rather dismal situation may soon change. The <ulink
+ url="http://www.freetype.org/">FreeType Project</ulink> is
+ currently developing a useful set of FreeType tools:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The <command>xfsft</command> font server for X11 can
+ serve TrueType fonts in addition to regular fonts. Though
+ currently in beta, it is said to be quite useable. See
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">Juliusz
+ Chroboczek's page</ulink> for further information.
+ Porting instructions for FreeBSD can be found at <ulink
+ url="http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/">Stephen
+ Montgomery's software page</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><command>xfstt</command> is another font server for X11,
+ available under <ulink url="
+ ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts">;
+ ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts</ulink>.</para>;
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A program called <command>ttf2bdf</command> can produce
+ BDF files suitable for use in an X environment from TrueType
+ files. Linux binaries are said to be available from <ulink
+ url="ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General">ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General/</ulink>.</para>;
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>For people requiring the use of Asian TrueType fonts,
+ the <command>XTT</command> font server may be worth a look.
+ Information about <command>XTT</command> can be found at
+ URL: <ulink
+ url="http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html">http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html</ulink>.</para>;
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>and others …</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>The <ulink
+ url="http://www.freetype.org/projects.htm">FreeType Projects
+ page </ulink> is a good starting point for information on
+ these and other free TrueType projects.</para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Where can additional fonts be obtained?</title>
+
+ <para>Many fonts are available on the Internet. They are either
+ entirely free, or are share-ware. In addition, there are many
+ inexpensive CDROMs available that contain many fonts. Some
+ Internet locations (as of August 1996) are:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.winsite.com">ftp://ftp.winsite.com</ulink>;
+ (Formerly CICA)</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="http://www.simtel.net/simcgi-bin/dosfind.cgi">http://www.simtel.net/simcgi-bin/dosfind.cgi</ulink></para>;
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="ftp://ftp.coast.net/">ftp://ftp.coast.net/</ulink></para>;
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="http://af-pc-plloyd.ecel.uwa.edu.au/fonts/index.html">http://af-pc-plloyd.ecel.uwa.edu.au/fonts/index.html</ulink></para>;
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="http://www.esselte.com/letraset/index.html">http://www.esselte.com/letraset/index.html</ulink></para>;
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><ulink
+ url="http://www.inil.com/users/elfring/esf.htm">http://www.inil.com/users/elfring/esf.htm</ulink></para>;
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1>
+ <title>Additional questions</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>What use are the <filename>.pfm</filename> files?</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Can one generate the <filename>.afm</filename> file from
+ a <filename>.pfa</filename> or
+ <filename>.pfb</filename>?</para>
+ </listitem>
-<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95, and
-Mac's. It is quite popular and there are a great number of
-fonts available in this format.</para>
-
-<para>Unfortunately, there are few applications that I am aware of
-that can use this format: Ghostscript and Povray come to mind.
-Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation, is rudimentary
-and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1 fonts.
-Povray version 3 also has the ability to use TrueType fonts, but
-I rather doubt many people will be creating documents as a series of
-raytraced pages :-).</para>
-
-<para>This rather dismal situation may soon change.
-The <ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/">FreeType Project</ulink>
-is currently developing a useful set of FreeType tools:
-</para>
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<para>The <command>xfsft</command> font server for X11 can serve
-TrueType fonts in addition to regular fonts. Though currently in
-beta, it is said to be quite useable. See <ulink
-url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">Juliusz
-Chroboczek's page</ulink> for further information. Porting instructions
-for FreeBSD can be found at <ulink
-url="http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/">Stephen Montgomery's
-software page</ulink>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<para><command>xfstt</command> is another font
-server for X11, available under <ulink
-url=" ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts">;
-ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts</ulink>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-<listitem><para>A program called <command>ttf2bdf</command> can produce
-BDF files suitable for use in an X environment from TrueType files. Linux
-binaries are said to be available from <ulink
-url="ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General">ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General/</ulink>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-For people requiring the use of Asian TrueType fonts, the
-<command>XTT</command> font server may be worth a look. Information about
-<command>XTT</command> can be found at URL: <ulink
-url="http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html">http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html</ulink>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<para>and others …</para>
-</listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-<para>
-The
-<ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/projects.htm">FreeType Projects page
-</ulink> is a good starting point for information on these and other
-free TrueType projects.
-</para>
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Where can additional fonts be obtained?</title>
-
-<para>Many fonts are available on the Internet. They are either
-entirely free, or are share-ware. In addition, there are many
-inexpensive CDROMs available that contain many fonts. Some Internet
-locations (as of August 1996) are:
-</para>
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink
-url="ftp://ftp.winsite.com">ftp://ftp.winsite.com</ulink>; (Formerly
-CICA)</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink
-url="http://www.simtel.net/simcgi-bin/dosfind.cgi">http://www.simtel.net/simcgi-bin/dosfind.cgi</ulink></para></listitem>;
-
-<listitem><para><ulink
-url="ftp://ftp.coast.net/">ftp://ftp.coast.net/</ulink></para></listitem>;
-
-<listitem><para><ulink
-url="http://af-pc-plloyd.ecel.uwa.edu.au/fonts/index.html">http://af-pc-plloyd.ecel.uwa.edu.au/fonts/index.html</ulink></para></listitem>;
-
-<listitem><para><ulink
-url="http://www.esselte.com/letraset/index.html">http://www.esselte.com/letraset/index.html</ulink></para></listitem>;
-
-<listitem><para><ulink
-url="http://www.inil.com/users/elfring/esf.htm">http://www.inil.com/users/elfring/esf.htm</ulink></para></listitem>;
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect1>
-
-<sect1>
-<title>Additional questions</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem>
-<para>What use are the <filename>.pfm</filename> files?</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<para>Can one generate the <filename>.afm</filename> file from a <filename>.pfa</filename> or <filename>.pfb</filename>?</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<para>How to generate the groff character mapping files for postscript fonts
-with non-standard character names?</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<para>Can xditview and devX?? devices be setup to access all the new fonts?</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<para>It would be good to have examples of using TrueType fonts with povray and
-ghostscript.</para>
-</listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect1>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>How to generate the groff character mapping files for
+ postscript fonts with non-standard character names?</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Can xditview and devX?? devices be setup to access all
+ the new fonts?</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>It would be good to have examples of using TrueType
+ fonts with povray and ghostscript.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect1>
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