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From: pusateri@duke.cs.duke.edu (Thomas J. Pusateri)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xtroff fonts
Keywords: xtroff fonts
Message-ID: <667512810@macbeth.cs.duke.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 91 20:13:31 GMT
Organization: Duke University Computer Science Dept.; Durham, N.C.
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I was wondering if anyone could help me out with xtroff fonts. I have been
using xtroff to preview ditroff output quite successfully, however, now I
am makeing overheads with much larger character point sizes. Now xtroff gives
me the "Couldn't find point size 22 of the R font" type messages.

I though I would take the vfonts in /usr/lib/vfont (on a sun) and convert
them to bdf with vf2bdf as supplied with xtroff. After I build the fonts
and changed my fontpath, xtroff would use the new font but they were HUGE!

How can one scale or determine the corresponding font sizes when mixing
the standard X11R4 fonts with the vfonts on suns?

Thanks for any info.

Tom Pusateri