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From: billw@kgw2.bwi.WEC.COM (Bill Walburg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Computer Modern fonts to X11 fonts
Keywords: TeX X11 fonts
Message-ID: <1795@kgw2.bwi.WEC.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 90 18:11:20 GMT
References: <1990Sep18.181258.1724@slhisc.uucp>
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Organization: Xetron Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio
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In article <1990Sep18.181258.1724@slhisc.uucp>, rlewis@slhisc.uucp (Richard Lewis) writes:
> I'm looking for a utility that will convert TeX CMF fonts (pk or gf)
> to X11 fonts (bdf or snf formats). My ftp access is limited (through
> princeton ftp mail server) so UUCP or direct mail would be preferable,
> however an ftp address would be fine.
> 

In the X11R4 distribution from MIT, there is a conversion utility called
mftobdf.  It can be found in the contrib/clients/xtex/Mftobdf directory.
This utility takes a CMF pk font and converts it to a bdf font.


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Bill Walburg @ Xetron Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio
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