Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 11:21:28 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using .inf/.pfb/.pfm fonts? Message-ID: <15105.22408.411873.216488@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <5536392@toto.iv>
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Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> types: > Anyone know if gimp/x can use fonts with the extentions .inf/.pfb/.pfm? > > I think they are postscript type 1 fonts. The gimp just uses X fonts; one you get a font installed for X, it'll show up in the font list for the text tool in the gimp. pfb is normally a type 1 postscript font in binary format, and X can use those as is. Some applications require ascii format fonts. These normally have the extension .pfa. The t1utils port includes a tool that will convert .pfb files to .pfa. pfm is a printer font metric file, and I'm not sure how it would be relevant to X, though it might be useful in some applications. I'm not sure what a .inf file is. See the font tutoral at <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/fonts/index.html > for instructions on installing .pfb fonts so that X can use them. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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