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From: phao172@emx.utexas.edu (Randy M. Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: POST1.3 -- findfont problems
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Date: 8 Nov 90 13:25:45 GMT
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In article <1703@robbie.tegra.COM> you write:
|In article <39277@ut-emx.uucp> phao172@emx.utexas.edu (Randy M. Roberts) writes:
|>I downloaded post1.3 and post13fonts from "new xanth" the other day.
|>I copied Helvetica from the post13fonts into PSFonts:
|>I edited s:init.ps to use PSFonts: just as the comments say to do.
|>
|>When I tried post1.3 as:
|>
|>	post s:init.ps screen
|>
|>and went into interactive mode, and typed
|>
|>	/Helvetica findfont
|>	96 scalefont
|>	72 72 moveto
|>	(ABC) show
|>
|>I got three big dots, i.e. the dumb default font.
|>
|
|Well, I'm not familiar with how Post1.3 works, but the above code needs
|a 'setfont' before it is going to do what you want.  i.e.:
|
|        /Helvetica findfont
|        96 scalefont setfont
|        72 72 moveto
|        (ABC) show

Yes. I included the "setfont" in my example, I just forgot to
type it in to my message.  Sorry

|
|If it doesn't find Helvetica at the point when it executes findfont,
|it should print some kind of message the gist of which is "font not found,
|using default font".  If you don't get this message, then it found the
|font (Assuming Post1.3 handles this the way Adobe does).

It never gets past the "findfont".

|
|Hope this helps...
|
|	Nancy
|
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Regards,
Randy
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Randy M. Roberts
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