Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!ugle.unit.no!hanche From: hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Font Conversions Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 91 15:06:51 GMT References: <9103121956.AA07590@nntp.ssdc.honeywell.com> Sender: news@ugle.unit.no Organization: The Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Lines: 31 In-Reply-To: bergstr@SSDC.HONEYWELL.COM's message of 12 Mar 91 19:56:18 GMT In article <9103121956.AA07590@nntp.ssdc.honeywell.com> bergstr@SSDC.HONEYWELL.COM (-Darryl Bergstrom Apollo/Symbolics/News/Mail Administrator) writes: Has anyone ever tried to convert any of the Apollo /sys/dm/fonts/* to the XWindow snf format? Thanks..... Yes, anybody has tried and succeeded, not only in converting the font but also in losing all the notes on how it was done. So this is from memory alone: I did the din_f7x11 font. You need to open it in edfont. din_f7x11 has no glyph for space; you must add one, or your X windows will look mighty funny. Also, there is an inter character spacing in din_f7x11 set to one or two pixels that X will ignore, so you need to increase the width of all glyphs by that amount. There are menu items that will let you find the necessary information and do those changes on all glyphs -- no need to laboriously deal with each and every one! Next, you need to save the font in an alternative format. If my memory serves me right, that format is BDF. Then convert to SNF format using bdftosnf. Put the font in a suitable directory where X can find it and run mkfontdir in that directory. Finally, having done all this, and discovered all the missing details I didn't tell you because I forgot and lost my notes, write it all up and send it to Jim Rees so he can put it in the FAQ file. Good luck! - Harald Hanche-Olsen Division of Mathematical Sciences The Norwegian Institute of Technology N-7034 Trondheim, NORWAY