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Article #685Re: Font not availible
From: Elmar Knipp
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 20:26
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 20:26
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glenn@rightbrain.com (Glenn Reid) writes: >Elmar Knipp writes >> I copied some Fonts from my MAC to the NeXT and installed >> them in /LocalLibrary/Fonts. But when I want to use the fonts, the >> font panel always says: "Unusable Font". >> >> The files are ok (converted with mfrc to ascii-readable), >> the permisssions and owner are ok, buildafmdir works ok. >> >> The only applications which will use the new fonts is >> Frame-Maker. >This is one of the reasons why you should buy the fonts in >NeXT format. They work, they're tested, and they're the same >price as Mac fonts. >Send mail to "fonts@rightbrain.com". We have over 1100 fonts in NeXT >format directly from Adobe, and you can call us today and be printing >documents with them tomorrow morning. This is no solution. The error also occurs, if you copy fonts from an other NeXT-Computer. The solution is to delete /LocalLibrary/Fonts/.fontlist and .fontdirectory and maybe .afmcache. Then run buildafmdir. >-- > Glenn Reid NeXTmail: glenn@rightbrain.com > RightBrain Software 415-326-2974 (NeXTfax 326-2977) > Palo Alto, California Elmar
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!unido!horga!teddy!germany!open!open.de!ruhr.de!reswi!knipp!elmar From: elmar@knipp.en.open.de (Elmar Knipp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Font not availible Message-ID: <1992Aug10.202634.1055@knipp.en.open.de> Date: 10 Aug 92 20:26:34 GMT References: <1992Aug2.165952.2876@knipp.en.open.de> <809@rtbrain.rightbrain.com> Organization: Private/FRG Lines: 35