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From: jeffery@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Jeffery Cavallaro)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Difference in X11/DECwindows .snf format?
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Date: 7 Feb 91 17:53:52 GMT
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Reply-To: jeffery@venice.sedd.trw.com (Jeffery Cavallaro)
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In article <JMERRILL.91Feb6160040@fenris.claremont.edu> jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu (Generic User) writes:
>Is there a difference between the two?  I copied some fonts from a local
>DECstation onto the X machine I'm on, but mkfontdir doesn't like them.  How
>are they different, and what's the easiest way to convert between them?

Not an answer, just a side note.  Same problem with HP .scf fonts.  Was not
able to use them under MIT X11R4.  But, HP and DEC wouldn't do anything
proprietary, would they?  Their entire corporate history has been one of
complete openess (is that a word?) (smile).

Jeff