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From: grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: fonts.alias files and OpenWindows
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.132056@Unify.com>
Date: 28 Jan 91 21:20:56 GMT
References: <1991Jan26.011432.15250@mprgate.mpr.ca>
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In article <1991Jan26.011432.15250@mprgate.mpr.ca>, murphy@photon.mpr.ca (Gail
Murphy) writes:

> Are font paths added using xset fp+, particular fonts.alias files,
> recognized by the X11/NeWS server?
> 

Yes... you can use xset to set the font path.  The problem that you are
experiencing though, is that the X11/NeWS server does not recognize fonts
in the X11 snf format.  It uses an X11/NeWS font format.  You need to
convert the X11 fonts to X11/NeWS fonts in order to use them.  Conversion
is done by using convertfont to do the translation to the correct format,
then using bldfamily to create the font family files.  See the man pages
for the proper flags, synonym files, etc.

> I use xtex to preview LaTeX documents and have a fonts.alias file
> for PostScript fonts that works under MIT X11R4, but not OpenWindows.
> xset fp+ <path> adds the directory to the search path, but the
> fonts are still not found.  The aliased fonts also do not appear
> in an xlsfonts listing.
> 
> Is there anyway to solve this problem?  (I've also noticed it under
> the X11/NeWS server on an SGI 4D.
> 
> Thanks in advance, Gail!
> 
> Gail Murphy                     | Voice : (604) 293-5462
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