Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 21:35:30 -0600 (CST) From: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@synet.net> To: dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fonts with .bdf extension Message-ID: <199703180335.VAA12193@base486.synet.net>
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> From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> > > On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, K. Marsh wrote: > > > I have been trying to install some Thai fonts for use with Netscape. I've > > found many how-to's about post script fonts, but these fonts have a ".bdf" > > filename extension and I'm unsure how to use them. > > > > I've tried putting them in their own directory in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > > via sym link, and I've tried linking the individual font files into > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, then using 'xset fp rehash'. This has no > > observable effect. > > > > Can I use .bdf fonts? What are they? and How can I use them? > > Good question. The font tutorial at > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/fonts.html doesn't mention them, so > I have this feeling they aren't supported. > Use ``/usr/X11R6/bin/bdftopcf'' and either put the result in one of the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/* directories or put the result in another directory (remembering to put the new directory in the XF86Config file.) Then run ``xset fp rehash''. You can also add a new font directory with xset without modifying XF86Config if you want. You also need to run ``mkfontdir'' in the directory that the new .pcf file lives in order to update ``fonts.dir''. Do this before the xset. Dave Bodenstab imdave@synet.net
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