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From: frans@phcisa.UUCP (Francois Staes)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look,comp.windows.x
Subject: Using Deskset clients on a native MIT X server
Keywords: Deskset MIT fonts
Message-ID: <1249@phcisa.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 90 14:22:38 GMT
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I'm trying to use the Deskset clients of Sun on a native MIT X server.

Almost all of them work fine, but some of them complain about fonts.

For example, cm (Calendar Manager) complains that it can't open the font
'-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-90-*-*-*-*-*-*'.

Apparantly, this is because it insists on using fonts with the right resolution,
(I'm using a Sparcstation 1 using a B&W screen, the resolution is thus 90)
since this font name does exist also in the MIT font directories but only
at resolutions 75dpi and 100dpi.

One cannot simply use the fonts as supplied by sun with the OpenWindows
system since they use the outline fonts instead of bitmap ones.

Does anybody has a solution for this problem ?

Thanks,

Francois Staes
Origin/Middleware
Eindhoven, The Netherlands.