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Re <9212310328.AA06626@raisin-nut> <1992Dec30.183648.17786@unlv.edu>:

> The FONTS.DOC file states that GS can deal with .PFB and .PFA files
> directly.  I changed GS_LIB to point to the ATM directory for Desqview
> X and added
> 
> /TM  (tir_____.pfb) ;
> 
> to Fontmap.
> 
> When I try to access the font (i.e. /TM findfont) I get:
> 
> Loading TM font from c:\dvx\...\atm\tir_____.pfb... 626416 605403 0 done.
> Loading TM font failed, substituting Ugly.
> Loading Ugly font from uglyr.gsf (etc...)
> 
> I tried other .pfb fonts from the directory, and also from another
> machine with ATM for windows installed.  All recieved similar errors
> (the numbers were the only differences).  I also tried renaming the
> files (to get rid of underscores) and to place them in the normal GS
> font directory.  All with the same results.  All of the GS fonts load
> and work.
> 
> Any ideas??

The name in the Fontmap (e.g., TM) must match the FontName in the
file.  If you change the Fontmap entry for /Times-Roman, rather than
adding an entry for /TM, Ghostscript should be able to load
tir_____.pfb with no trouble.

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