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From: hansen@madis.af.MIL (John Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Font problems...
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Date: 16 Aug 90 12:10:46 GMT
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Help, Help!

I recently installed X11R4 on my Vaxstation 3200 with little or no problems...
However, I received yesterday a copy of ALIS by Applix for my machine and it
of course is not expecting X11R4, it's expecting DecWindows (and its 
corresponding "different" font format).  If I run the MIT R4 server I need snf
fonts and it I run the Dec R3 server I need "pcf" fonts.  ALIS comes with pcf
fonts (as expected) so unless I'm mistaken, my new MIT R4 server won't like
these ALIS fonts.  Am I right or am I right?  My question is:  Is there any
way I could convert the pcf fonts directly into snf fonts without passing go
and collecting 200 dollars?  In other words, Does anyone know of a program
that would eat a pcf font and spit out the same font in snf format?  Or perhaps
I could try der Mouse's getbdf program which is supposed to load a font and
create the bdf file from it.  Alas, I would have to go through a number of 
gyrations to resetup the Dec R3 server to load the ALIS pcf fonts.  And I'm 
not even sure if ALIS would consider that legal.  I can't imagine that 
writing a pcftosnf converter program would be all that difficult, would it?
Probably beyond me, but someone from DEC could surely perform the deed.  Are
there any other suggestions for a solution to my dilemma?  I could always
abandon my efforts to run R4 but I really would rather not take that course.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance. Hope someone
can help me.

John Hansen
madis!hansen@lognet2.af.mil