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From: abm@oxydol.aux.apple.com (Alan Mimms)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Install 2 byte font in MacX 1.1
Keywords: 2.0.1, shutdown,
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Date: 1 Apr 91 18:07:17 GMT
References: <27F3E462.10824@orion.oac.uci.edu> <1991Mar31.171944.9636@mcs.drexel.edu>
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In article <1991Mar31.171944.9636@mcs.drexel.edu>, xli@mcs.drexel.edu (Xing Li) writes:
|> 
|> Hi, 
|> 
|> I have a question for installing 2 byte (Chinese) font in the MacX 1.1. 
|> 
|> I download bdf fonts in the Mac and use the font menu to convert them and 
|> update the font list. The `xlsfonts` command shows the newer installed fonts 
|> in the MacX server.  However, when I try to use `xfd` to view 2 byte font, 
|> Mac bombs with ID=12.  I notice that 1 byte font I installed works fine. I am
|> pretty sure that 2 byte font itself has no problem, since I use it in a Sun 
|> Station.  I also checked Mac system error code, which says that 12 represents
|> "unimplemented core routine error".  I don't know if this indicates that 2 byte
|> fonts are not support by the current version of MacX.  The system I am using
|> is a Mac Plus with 2.5 Mb RAM, 44 Mb external harddisk running system 6.05.
|> The communication is performed through local talk.

Thanks for reporting this problem.  I have HEARD about this, but have
been unable to reliably reproduce this.  Would you care to share the .BDF
file with me so I can fix it in an upcoming release of MacX?  I certainly
would appreciate it...

|> 
|> Besides the above problem, I am satisfied by the performance of MacX.  I heard
|> MacX team is reading this newsgroup, could someone help me?  Thanks in advance.

We are (at least I am).  I hope we can get this fixed in MacX 1.1 + epsilon.
Thanks.

|> xli@king.mcs.drexel.edu

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