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In article <1992Nov5.021854.26235@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:
> I tried to install some of the PD/SW fonts on the archives, following  
> advice from the net, and got mixed results.
> 
> As root, I placed the fonts in LocalLibrary/Fonts, then ran  
> buildafmdir and cacheAFMData on the directory.  The fonts appeared in  
> the fonts panel and seemed to work (eg they would preview correctly).
> 
> Then I logged out and back in as a regular user.  But now only some  
> of the fonts work.  They all show up in the font panel, but most are  
> marked unusable.  Some, however, do work correctly.
> 
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Try looking at the read permissions of not only the .font file but also the  
files inside this directory.  If I am not mistaken, this problem occurred with  
someone I know and there where files with read permissions only for root, and  
changing this made the fonts usable by all.

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Jeff Adams
jeffa@wri.com    
Wolfram Research Inc.
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