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From: xli@mcs.drexel.edu (Xing Li)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Install 2 byte font in MacX 1.1
Keywords: 2.0.1, shutdown,
Message-ID: <1991Apr2.174729.19745@mcs.drexel.edu>
Date: 2 Apr 91 17:47:29 GMT
References: <27F3E462.10824@orion.oac.uci.edu> <1991Mar31.171944.9636@mcs.drexel.edu> <12843@goofy.Apple.COM>
Organization: Drexel University, Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci.
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In article <12843@goofy.Apple.COM> abm@oxydol.aux.apple.com (Alan Mimms) writes:
>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
>
>-- 
>
>Alan Mimms (alan@apple.com, ...!apple!alan)   | My opinions are generally
>A/UX X group                                  | pretty worthless, but
>Apple Computer                                | they *are* my own...
>Art without engineering is dreaming.  Engineering without art is calculating.
>	-- Steven K. Roberts in "Computing Across America"


Thank you for your posting.  The 2 byte bdf font (cclib16st) I tested is 
downloaded from crl.nmsu.edu [128.123.1.14] in pub/chinese/fonts. It is 
large (1.4 Mb).  If you cannot get it through ftp, please drop me a mail, 
I will send it to you. Best wishes to you and your team.

Xing