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Re: Can't convert Hershey fonts to C

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From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 06:08
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Re <9208200414.AA14128@cookie-crisp>
<BRIAN.92Aug19135629@kokom.mit.edu>:

> I am installing Ghostscript 2.4.1, and I wanted to precompile all the
> fonts.  I get this error when I try to run font2c on any of the
> Hershey fonts:

As the documentation says, you can only compile Type 1 fonts.
Hershey fonts are not Type 1.


L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
Subject: Re: Can't convert Hershey fonts to C
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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 06:08:26 GMT
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