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From: ndd@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Ned D. Danieley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Fonts from R2 in R3
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Date: 17 Mar 89 14:13:59 GMT
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In article <11202@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> dheller@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Dan Heller) writes:
>In article <8903161607.AA11015@EXPIRE.LCS.MIT.EDU> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) writes:
>>    First, is there a way to convert X11R2 fonts into R3 fonts?  The
>>    specific fonts I would like are the "fg" fonts, e.g. "fg-13".
>>What's the question?  Convert how?  If you have a BDF file, just compile it.
>
>This person had the same question that I asked before ... I believe the

(method deleted)

>to restart your server if you're running it.  If there's an easier way
>than what I just described here, please *post it*.. I made this same
>request to this newsgroup 3 times and never got a reply either to the
>group or to my mail address...
>
>
>Dan Heller	<island!argv@sun.com>

An easier way would be to put the *.snf files in misc, and then
run mkfontdir; this automatically sets up the fonts.dir file for
you. You can then use xset to tell the server about the new fonts.
Note that mkfontdir doesn't make fonts.alias; you have to do that.
Read the man page for mkfontdir.

example: if you put your new fonts in /usr/local/fonts/misc do

	mkfontdir /usr/local/fonts/misc
	xset fp rehash

now xlsfonts should show you the new fonts.


Ned Danieley (ndd@sunbar.mc.duke.edu)
Basic Arrhythmia Laboratory
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