Re: gv

[John Pearson <huiac@camtech.net.au>]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 08:32:14AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote
> Hi,
> 
> When I run gv, I have the following:
> Error: /invalidfontGNU Ghostscript: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>  in findfont
> Operand stack:
>    1   --dict:4/4--   --dict:4/4--   Times-Roman   Font   Times-Roman
> 28765   Times-Roman   --nostringval--   Times-Roman   Courier
> Execution stack:
>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop
> .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
> %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --
> 
> I believe that Times-Roman is included in my installed font packages:
> okidz@bdg:~$ dpkg -l | grep xfonts
> ii  xfonts-100dpi  3.3.5-2        100 dpi fonts for X
> ii  xfonts-75dpi   3.3.5-2        75 dpi fonts for X
> ii  xfonts-base    3.3.5-2        standard fonts for X
> ii  xfonts-scalabl 3.3.5-2        scalable fonts for X
> 
> Is there anything that I should install?
> 

Ghostscript uses its own fonts when interpreting postscript,
provided in gsfonts.  Try installing that.  Xfonts may be used
by gv to draw your document, but that comes later.


John P.
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