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Article #272Re: Where to increase dict sizes to support 250+ fonts?
From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 00:28
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 00:28
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> I want to add 154 more fonts to the 68 that were distributed with > GhostScript. After I add the fonts to the fonts directory and mention > them in Fontmap, I generate a bit of PostScript to test things with: > > tarheel# enscript -p - -fTimes-Roman24 /etc/printcap > /tmp/f > enscript: 2 lines were wrapped because of length. > [ 5 pages * 1 copy ] left in - > > Then I bring up the previewer: > > tarheel# ghostview /tmp/f > > and get the following error, before any of my document is visible: > > Error: /dictfull in --put-- > Operand stack: > 1 200 /Courier-Bold 0 480 /Times-Roman /Times-Roman -dicttype- -marktype- -dicttype- /Frutiger-UltraBlack (Frutiger-UltraBlack) > Execution stack: > operator_5ce8 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 1 --nostringval-- operator_b9dc --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false --nostringval-- --nostringval-> - --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > Dictionary stack: > 337/401 6/200 17/50 1/2 > > > What dictionary is filling up? Where do I increase its size? I tried > some things in gs_*ps but I wasn't successful. If it isn't FontDirectory (defined in gs_init.ps or gs_fonts.ps depending on the Ghostscript version), I don't know. This problem will go away in Ghostscript 2.5, which expands dictionaries automatically. L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 voice ; no fax yet "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!aladdin.COM!ghost From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Subject: Re: Where to increase dict sizes to support 250+ fonts? Message-ID: <9208141728.1.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Distribution: gnu Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 00:28:14 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 37