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From: erik@westworld.esd.sgi.com (Erik Fortune)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: pcf fonts??? (Utilities to convert .bdf->.pcf)
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.213121.29306@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 8 Feb 91 21:31:21 GMT
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In article <1991Feb8.173249.24995@amd.com>, remaker@icarus.amd.com (Phillip Remaker) writes:
>What the heck are .pcf fonts, and are there any utilities to convert 
>.bdf to .pcf?  Brain-dead DEC didn't include one.  Guess they don't
>want OPEN LOOK applications polluting their environment 8-(.
>(.pcf = pollution control fonts?)

PCF stands for Portable Compiled Fonts.   The R5 sample server
and font server will both use PCF fonts.

Re: compiling BDF fonts on a DECstation
Try dxfc.  It's probably in /usr/bin/X11.
dx = standard DEC prefix for decwindows apps
fc = font compiler

Next time, RTFM.

>--
>Phillip A. Remaker A.M.D. M/S 167 P.O. Box 3453 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3000
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>   Things to do today:  1) Get a clue.  2) Get a job.  3) Get a life.
                            ^^^^^^^^^^
                            How appropriate.

-- Erik