Re: quick ghoscript font question
Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> writes:
AO> gzip foo.pcf
AO> cp foo.pcf.gz /usr/local/fonts
AO> mkfontsdir /usr/local/fonts
AO> xset +fp /usr/local/fonts
AO> xset fp rehash
AO> xlsfonts | grep foo
AO>
AO> gs document_with_that_fonts.ps
AO>
AO> if it works... add that path to your /etc/X11/XF86Config
Not to be picky or anything, but whether or not a font is available to
X has *absolutely no bearing* as to whether Ghostscript likes it or
not. Ghostscript won't magically recognize X fonts; the various
Postscript previewers based on Ghostscript will correctly render
Ghostscript fonts in complete ignorance of X's font scheme.
By way of useful advice, though, I'd read through
/usr/share/doc/gs/Fonts.htm. The "Adding your own fonts" section
mentions how to convert a BDF bitmap font to a Type 1 font; I'm not
clear if a PCF font can readily be converted to BDF, though (the other
direction appears to be possible).
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