Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ra!Ra.msstate.edu!lush From: lush@EE.MsState.Edu (Edward Luke) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: decoding .bdf files Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 90 03:07:07 GMT References: <3276@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Sender: usenet@ra.MsState.Edu Distribution: rec.games.misc Organization: MSU NSF ERC for CFS Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: athena.erc.msstate.edu In-reply-to: wolf@alesi.cipl.uiowa.edu's message of 20 Nov 90 18:38:27 GMT In article <3276@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> wolf@alesi.cipl.uiowa.edu (Mike Wolf) writes: Organization: Cardiovascular Image Processing Laboratory, U of Iowa Lines: 17 I have two files, standard.bdf and xconq.bdf, these are supposed to be X11 font files encoded. How do I decode them? The README file with the archives says to smply do 'make X11fonts', but I get the following when I try this: I have found that using the program 'bdf2snf' works as a font converter, and then use the program 'mkfontdir' to include the fonts in the current font directory. Also use 'xset +fp ' to add a fontdirectory for your server to access if these font files are not placed with the system fonts. I can't remember the particulars, but I am sure the man pages on these utilities will clear things up. Ed Luke Mississippi State University lush@ee.msstate.edu