Re: decoding .bdf files

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From: Edward Luke
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 03:07

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In article <3276@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> wolf@alesi.cipl.uiowa.edu (Mike Wolf) writes:
   Organization: Cardiovascular Image Processing Laboratory, U of Iowa
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   I have two files, standard.bdf and xconq.bdf,  these are supposed
   to be X11 font files encoded.  How do I decode them?  The README
   file with the archives says to smply do 'make X11fonts', but I get
   the following when I try this:


I have found that using the program 'bdf2snf' works as a font
converter, and then use the program 'mkfontdir' to include the fonts
in the current font directory.  Also use 'xset +fp <font directory>'
to add a fontdirectory for your server to access if these font files
are not placed with the system fonts.  I can't remember the
particulars, but I am sure the man pages on these utilities will clear
things up.



Ed Luke                                   Mississippi State University
lush@ee.msstate.edu

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