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From: sane!genmri!doug@crdgw1.ge.com (Doug Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: OL glyph font problem
Message-ID: <890y3i4@openlook.Unify.Com>
Date: 13 Nov 90 02:18:13 GMT
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I'm trying to write an XView application that uses 160-decipoint
Lucida (-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-160-*-*-*-*-*-*) as its control
font.  Unfortunately, it appears that the OPEN LOOK glyph fonts are
provided in fb (i.e. unscalable bitmap) format in 100, 120, 140 and
190 decipoint sizes ONLY, and XView is insisting that the glyph font
be opened in the same size as the Lucida font (160).  This causes a
fatal XView error:

XView warning: Cannot load font '-sun-open look glyph-----*-160-*-*-*-*-*-*' (Font package)
XView error: Unable to find OPEN LOOK glyph font (Panel package)

I RTFMed, but couldn't find anything that allows me to arbitrarily
scale an fb font (short of redesigning the OPEN LOOK glyph font myself
using a font editor -- yecch), or anything that would convince XView
to use a different-size glyph font than the point size of the font
used for the controls.  Is there a particular reason that OLGlph isn't
provided as an F3 (scalable outline) font, like the Lucida family is?
How can I design a panel with 160-decipoint Lucida as its control
font?

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Douglas H. Becker
doug@nmri.GE.COM
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