Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!MSRI.ORG!rdong From: rdong@MSRI.ORG (Rui-Tao Dong) Newsgroups: comp.windows.news Subject: Re: Accessing scalable NeWS fonts from X applications? Message-ID: <9101290030.AA29511@msri.org> Date: 29 Jan 91 00:30:55 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: rdong.\6\-\H\p\L\N@bourbaki.msri.org.\6\-\H\p\L\N (Rui-Tao Dong \6\-\H\p\L\N) Organization: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Lines: 22 In article montanaro@crdgw1.ge.com (Skip Montanaro) writes: > >The X/NeWS server (OpenWindows) has many scalable fonts. If you ask for a >font list, you get back the base name of the font, say zapfchancery- >mediumitalic. How do you get a scaled rendition of that font from X >applications? What's the font name (as far as X is concerned) for a 37-point >zapfchancery-mediumitalic font? > >Thx, > >-- >Skip (montanaro@crdgw1.ge.com) Try zapfchancery-mediumitalic37. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rui - Tao Dong | (415) 237 - 7628 (H) 110 Lakeshore Court | (415) 643 - 6048 (O) Richmond, CA 94804 | rdong@borel.msri.org