From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 30 18:51:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D69537B404 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:51:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CB1243FBD for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:51:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h2V2phBv074285; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:51:43 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:51:43 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: /* jsha */ Message-ID: <20030331025143.GN74971@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20030330112104.618920e0.johann@broadpark.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030330112104.618920e0.johann@broadpark.no> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fonts.alias / fonts.scale X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 02:51:53 -0000 In the last episode (Mar 30), /* jsha */ said: > I've got a directory filled with Type1 fonts (.afm, .inf, .pfa, .pfb > and .pfm accompanying each font release) which I'm trying to install > on X11. However, in order to make mkfontdir work I seem to need a > fonts.alias and/or fonts.scale in advance. > > How do I make one? The XFree86 4.3.0 port installs a "mkfontscale" command that generates fonts.scale files from Type1 and TTF fonts. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com