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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
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Subject: Re: Need X11 Font File Format
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Date: 26 Jul 89 18:23:28 GMT
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	What about the binary (server) format?

There is no single binary format.  The format used by the MIT sample servers
depends on the padding that the corresponding server requires.  Various
vendors have their own formats.

In general, you shouldn't care.  If you are creating a font for an application,
you should use the BDF format; if you are a server developer then you can use
the MIT code (look in fonts/bdftosnf/*.c and fonts/mkfontdir/*.c as well as
server/ddx/snf/*.c) for one way to do it.