Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 17:06:27 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: freebsd@atipa.com (Atipa) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI, about fonts on Xwindows Message-ID: <199711182206.RAA03580@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971109103542.8551D-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> from Atipa at "Nov 9, 97 10:37:32 am"
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Atipa said: > > > On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > > > As John S. Dyson wrote: > > > > > away, because it is just a config file. I cannot guarantee that you'll see > > > a difference, but I think that I do. The Adobe Type Basics (65 fonts) > > > costs $100, which is a bargain price for the fonts. However, that package > > > is licensed only for one machine. > > > > Well, what about using font servers? (I've got used to use them, > > mainly as `poor man's multithreading'.) > > > > That would be a big of a sin as NFS exporting them (But sir, they only > reside on one hard drive!!!). > Someone in this discussion mentioned the type1inst-0.6 program. It does everything that you need for installing the fonts with GS and X. It is just what the "doctor ordered", and makes my posting of fonts.scale irrelavent. The ports-meisters might be interested in this. I am now running without any 100dpi or 75dpi fonts, and am running Type1 scaled fonts and misc fonts exclusively now. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com
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