Re: Ghostscript fonts missing

[Craig Dickson <crdic@yahoo.com>]

Milo Thurston wrote:

> I'm running Debian 3.0, and have run into a problem when viewing
> ps files with gv. This is typical:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Error: /invalidfont in findfontGNU Ghostscript 6.51: 
> Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> 
> Operand stack:
> elvetica   Font   Helvetica   327098   Helvetica   --nostringval--   
> Courier   NimbusMonL-Regu   (NimbusMonL-Regu)   NimbusMonL-Regu   
> (NimbusMonL-Regu)   NimbusMonL-Regu
> xecution stack:
> %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
> --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   
> --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   
> 1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   
> --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %s
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The gsfonts package is installed  but I cannot read most postscript 
> documents.

Try adding the following to /etc/profile, and then logging out and back
in to let it take effect:


GS_LIB=/usr/share/gs/6.51:/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts
export GS_LIB


I had the same problem recently, and that fixed it. It tells ghostscript
where to look for fonts.

Craig