Date: Tue, 27 Apr 99 11:11 +0100 From: Justin Murdock <justin@csad.coventry.ac.uk> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to install bdf fonts Message-ID: <199904271011.LAA24650@mascarpone.coventry.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Doug White's mail of Mon, 26 Apr 99 16:21 %2B0700
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> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Stan Brown wrote:
> > I need to install some .bdf fonts provided by a vendoe of a control
> > system, so that I can disply thier application on my FreeBSD box.
> > Can someone clue me in as to how to do this? Or point to appropriate
> > docs?
> A .bdf is a PostScript font. I think there is a PostScript->X font
> converter in the ports tree, but I'm not sure.
I think you're thinking of .pfb (postscript font binary), which need no
special treatment.
however there is mention of
bdftopcf - convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format
to Portable Compiled Format
You have 2 choices once you have converted the files to pcf,
1) install globally
2) or not.
if you install globally, put your converted pcf fonts into one of the
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ directories (I'd suggest misc), otherwise
put them where ever you want.
Run mkfontdir wherever you put them. (You may choose to make a backup
of fonts.dir before running mkfontdir. this allows you to compare the
before and after files to see what's been added)
If you've gone for the gloabal approach the X server will need to be
notified:
% xset fp rehash
If you've put them somewhere else, you need to use:
% xset +fp <your location>
verify installation with xfontsel
SEE ALSO
pfb2pfa(1), mkfontdir(1), xfontsel(1)
Justin.
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