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In article <1jloht$70b@agate.berkeley.edu> colemanr@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:
>
>1. I read somewhere that putting a command similar to 
>  (c:\\psfonts\\fontfile) run
>at the start of my ghostscript file will load a font stored in "fontfile".
>Is this correct ?

   Yes,but only if "fontfile" is in plaintext (.PFA) format, rather
than in binary (.PFB) format.

>3. Do I have to fiddle with the Fontmap file that comes with Ghostscript,
>   and if so, do I have to recompile Ghostscript (I don't have the source)?

   Actually, this is an _alternative_ to the ()run method, and a
rather better one, since:

        1.You only have to edit one file once.
        2.You can load fonts in .PFB format.

   And no, you don't have to recompile (that's the point of having a
separate configuration file).
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         --Henry Churchyard     churchyh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

 ]From: colemanr@garnet.berkeley.edu ()
 ]Subject: Adding fonts to Ghostscript 2.52
 ]Date: 21 Jan 1993 08:57:33 GMT
 ]
 ]I would like to use more/different fonts than those supplied with the
 ]Ghostscript 2.52 distribution.  Can I do this??  If so, how?
 ]
 ]1. I read somewhere that putting a command similar to 
 ]  (c:\\psfonts\\fontfile) run
 ]at the start of my ghostscript file will load a font stored in "fontfile".
 ]Is this correct ?
 ]
 ]2. I presume that I should purchase "Adobe Type 1" fonts?
 ]
 ]3. Do I have to fiddle with the Fontmap file that comes with Ghostscript,
 ]   and if so, do I have to recompile Ghostscript (I don't have the source)?
 ]
 ]4. Is there anything else that I should know about doing this?

I don't know about question 1.

For the rest... yes, you can use Adobe type 1 fonts with GhostScript.  All you
have to do is load the FONTMAP file into a text editor.  Put that actual font
name on the left (you can get this info by peeking at the AFM file) and then
put the corresponding filename (the way it appears on the disc) in parantheses
on the right.  Just study the way the rest of the file list the fonts and
follow the format.  If you purchase Adobe versions of Times, Helv, or other
fonts that have GS equivalents, simply replace the filename in parantheses with
the new one.

You don't have to recompile.

Well, this is true at least for my version of GhostScript.  The source code has
been adapted to many platforms, so what I say might now apply to you.


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churchyh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Henry Churchyard) writes:

>In article <1jloht$70b@agate.berkeley.edu> colemanr@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:

>>3. Do I have to fiddle with the Fontmap file that comes with Ghostscript,
>>   and if so, do I have to recompile Ghostscript (I don't have the source)?

>   Actually, this is an _alternative_ to the ()run method, and a
>rather better one, since:

>        1.You only have to edit one file once.
>        2.You can load fonts in .PFB format.

>   And no, you don't have to recompile (that's the point of having a
>separate configuration file).

A few extra comments on this:

-  You can always add your own fonts at the end of the Fontmap: only the
   LAST appearance of a fontname in the Fontmap file is taken into account
   (this is important in case you want to use official Adobe versions of
   fonts already listed in the default Fontmap file).

-  Because I did't like changing the Fontmap file itself, I made a patch
   to support a Fontmap.local file containing all the fonts available
   on your system and to support a personal Fontmap file, which name can
   be found in the environment variable GS_FONTMAP.
   These 3 Fontmap files now act as if there was one big Fontmap file
   being the concatenation of Fontmap, Fontmap.local and the personal
   Fontmap file (in that order).

-----------START-OF-PATCH------------
*** gs_fonts.ps-	Mon Nov 16 14:28:19 1992
--- gs_fonts.ps	Mon Nov 16 14:34:40 1992
***************
*** 41,47 ****
--- 41,53 ----
       counttomark 3 sub { pop } repeat put
       1 index
     } bind def
+   % Process the standard Ghostscript fontmap.
    (Fontmap) run
+   % Process an optional local Ghostscript fontmap, named Fontmap.local.
+   (Fontmap.local) findlibfile { pop run } { pop } ifelse
+   % Process an optional personal Ghostscript fontmap, which name can be
+   % specified via the GS_FONTMAP environment variable.
+   (GS_FONTMAP) getenv { findlibfile { pop run } { pop } ifelse } if
  end
  pop pop		% pop the mark and the copy of the dictionary
  userdict exch /Fontmap exch put
-----------END-OF-PATCH------------

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