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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index dd781b6f04..0000000000 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,766 +0,0 @@ -<!-- $Id: article.sgml,v 1.2 1998-06-26 10:47:27 jkoshy Exp $ --> -<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> -<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN"> - -<!-- Recently, I wanted to figure out how to use some additional fonts that - I had accumulated. I finally figured out *how to do it* from the various - man pages and documentation. Since it might be of use to other users, - and I didn't see any reference to this topic in the FAQ or handbook, I - thought I'd try my hand at a simple cookbook tutorial addressing the - use of fonts. I have included my unanswered questions at the end of - the document. - - Anyway, here's what I put together. This is my present understanding of - fonts and how to use them with FreeBSD. I am sure that there are errors or - misunderstandings, but it contains enough valid information to allow the - use of additional fonts with Ghostscript, X11 and Groff. This is my first - attempt to write anything along the lines of a tutorial/FAQ, so I am sure - it is pretty raw. There are probably better ways to do some of this stuff, - and I would welcome being corrected. - --> - -<book> - -<bookinfo> -<bookbiblio> -<title>Fonts and FreeBSD</title> -<subtitle>A Tutorial</subtitle> - -<authorgroup> -<author> -<firstname>Dave</firstname> -<surname>Bodenstab</surname> -<affiliation> -<address><email>imdave@synet.net</email></address> -</affiliation> -</author> -</authorgroup> - -<pubdate>Wed Aug 7, 1996</pubdate> - -<abstract><para>This document contains a description of the various -font files that may be used with FreeBSD and the syscons driver, X11, -Ghostscript and Groff. Cookbook examples are provided for switching -the syscons display to 80x60 mode, and for using type 1 fonts with -the above application programs.</para></abstract> - -</bookbiblio> -</bookinfo> - -<chapter> -<title>Introduction</title> - -<para>There are many sources of fonts available, and one might ask -how they might be used with FreeBSD. The answer can be found by -carefully searching the documentation for the component that one -would like to use. This is very time consuming, so this tutorial is -an attempt to provide a shortcut for others who might be -interested.</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Basic terminology</title> - -<para>There are many different font formats and associated font file -suffixes. A few that will be addressed here are: -<variablelist> - -<varlistentry><term><filename>.pfa</>, <filename>.pfb</></term> - -<listitem><para>Postscript type 1 fonts. The <filename>.pfa</filename> is the -<emphasis>A</emphasis>scii form and <filename>.pfb</filename> the -<emphasis>B</emphasis>inary form.</para></listitem> - -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term><filename>.afm</></term> - -<listitem><para>The font metrics associated with a type 1 -font.</para></listitem> - -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term><filename>.pfm</></term> - -<listitem><para>The printer font metrics associated with a type 1 -font.</para></listitem> - -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term><filename>.ttf</></term> - -<listitem><para>A TrueType font</para></listitem> - -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term><filename>.fot</></term> - -<listitem><para>An indirect reference to a TrueType font (not an -actual font)</para></listitem> - -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term><filename>.fon</>, <filename>.fnt</></term> - -<listitem><para>Bitmapped screen fonts</para></listitem> - -</varlistentry> -</variablelist></para> - -<para>The <filename>.fot</filename> file is used by Windows as sort -of a symbolic link to the actual TrueType font -(<filename>.ttf</filename>) file. The <filename>.fon</filename> font -files are also used by Windows. I know of no way to use this font -format with FreeBSD.</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>What font formats can I use?</title> - -<para>Which font file format is useful depends on the application -being used. FreeBSD by itself uses no fonts. Application programs -and/or drivers may make use of the font files. Here is a small cross -reference of application/driver to the font type suffixes:</para> - -<para> -<variablelist> -<varlistentry><term>Driver</term> -<listitem> -<para> -<variablelist> -<varlistentry><term>syscons</term> -<listitem> -<para><filename>.fnt</></para> - -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> -</para> - -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Application</term> - -<listitem> -<para> -<variablelist> -<varlistentry><term>Ghostscript</term> -<listitem> -<para><filename>.pfa</filename>, <filename>.pfb</filename>, <filename>.ttf</filename></para> - -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>X11</term> - -<listitem> -<para><filename>.pfa</filename>, <filename>.pfb</filename></para> - -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Groff</term> - -<listitem> -<para><filename>.pfa</filename>, <filename>.afm</filename></para> - -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Povray</term> - -<listitem> -<para><filename>.ttf</filename></para> - -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> -</para> - -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> -</para> - -<para>The <filename>.fnt</filename> suffix is used quite frequently. -I suspect that whenever someone wanted to create a specialized font -file for their application, more often than not they chose this -suffix. Therefore, it is likely that files with this suffix are not -all the same format; specifically, the <filename>.fnt</filename> -files used by syscons under FreeBSD may not be the same format as a -<filename>.fnt</filename> file one encounters in the MSDOS/Windows -environment. I have not made any attempt at using other -<filename>.fnt</filename> files other than those provided with -FreeBSD.</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Setting a virtual console to 80x60 line mode</title> - -<para>First, a 8x8 font must be loaded. -<filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> should contain the lines: -<informalexample> -<programlisting># Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default) -font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt</programlisting> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>The command to actually switch the mode is -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vidcontrol</><manvolnum>1</></>: -<informalexample> -<screen>bash$ <userinput>vidcontrol VGA_80x60</userinput></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>Various screen orientated programs, such as -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vi</><manvolnum>1</></>, must be able to -determine the current screen dimensions. These can be set with -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>stty</><manvolnum>1</></>: -<informalexample> -<screen>bash$ <userinput>stty crt rows 60 columns 80</userinput></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>To make this more seamless, one can embed these commands in the -startup scripts so it takes place when the system boots. One way to -do this is: -<orderedlist> - -<listitem> -<para>Modify <filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> as above</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Add to <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>: -<informalexample> -<programlisting>for tty in /dev/ttyv? -do - vidcontrol VGA_80x60 <$tty >/dev/null 2>&1 -done</programlisting> -</informalexample></para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Add to <filename>/etc/profile</filename>: -<informalexample> -<programlisting>TTYNAME=`basename \`tty\`` -if expr "$TTYNAME" : 'ttyv' >/dev/null -then - stty crt rows 60 columns 80 -fi</programlisting> -</informalexample> -</para> -</listitem> - -</orderedlist> -</para> - -<para>References: -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>stty</><manvolnum>1</></>, -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>vidcontrol</><manvolnum>1</></>.</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Using type 1 fonts with X11</title> - -<para>X11 can use either the <filename>.pfa</filename> or the -<filename>.pfb</filename> format fonts. The X11 fonts are located in -various subdirectories under -<filename>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</filename>. Each font file is -cross referenced to its X11 name by the contents of the -<filename>fonts.dir</filename> file in each directory.</para> - -<para>There is already a directory named <filename>Type1</>. The most -straight forward way to add a new font is to put it into this -directory. A better way is to keep all new fonts in a separate -directory and use a symbolic link to the additional font. This -allows one to more easily keep track of ones fonts without confusing -them with the fonts that were originally provided. For -example: -<informalexample> -<screen><lineannotation>Create a directory to contain the font files</> -bash$ <userinput>mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/type1</> -bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/local/share/fonts/type1</> - -<lineannotation>Place the .pfa, .pfb and .afm files here</> -<lineannotation>One might want to keep readme files, and other documentation</> -<lineannotation>for the fonts here also</> -bash$ <userinput>cp /cdrom/fonts/atm/showboat/showboat.pfb .</> -bash$ <userinput>cp /cdrom/fonts/atm/showboat/showboat.afm .</> - -<lineannotation>Maintain an index to cross reference the fonts</> -bash$ <userinput>echo showboat - InfoMagic CICA, Dec 1994, /fonts/atm/showboat >>INDEX</></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>Now, to use a new font with X11, one must make the font file -available and update the font name files. The X11 font names look -like: -<informalexample> -<screen>-bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal-xxx-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 - | | | | | | | | | | | | \ \ - | | | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ +----+- character set - | | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ +- average width - | | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ +- spacing - | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ +- vertical res. - | | | \ \ \ \ \ +- horizontal res. - | | | \ \ \ \ +- points - | | | \ \ \ +- pixels - | | | \ \ \ - foundry family weight slant width additional style</screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>A new name needs to be created for each new font. If you have -some information from the documentation that accompanied the font, -then it could serve as the basis for creating the name. If there is -no information, then you can get some idea by using -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>strings</><manvolnum>1</></> on the font -file. For example: -<informalexample> -<screen>bash$ <userinput>strings showboat.pfb | more</> -%!FontType1-1.0: Showboat 001.001 -%%CreationDate: 1/15/91 5:16:03 PM -%%VMusage: 1024 45747 -% Generated by Fontographer 3.1 -% Showboat - 1991 by David Rakowski. Alle Rechte Vorbehalten. -FontDirectory/Showboat known{/Showboat findfont dup/UniqueID known{dup -/UniqueID get 4962377 eq exch/FontType get 1 eq and}{pop false}ifelse -{save true}{false}ifelse}{false}ifelse -12 dict begin -/FontInfo 9 dict dup begin - /version (001.001) readonly def - /FullName (Showboat) readonly def - /FamilyName (Showboat) readonly def - /Weight (Medium) readonly def - /ItalicAngle 0 def - /isFixedPitch false def - /UnderlinePosition -106 def - /UnderlineThickness 16 def - /Notice (Showboat - 1991 by David Rakowski. Alle Rechte Vorbehalten.) readonly def -end readonly def -/FontName /Showboat def ---stdin--</screen> -</informalexample></para> - -<para>Using this information, a possible name might be: -<informalexample> -<screen>-type1-Showboat-medium-r-normal-decorative-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1</screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>The components of our name are: -<variablelist> - -<varlistentry><term>Foundry</term> -<listitem> -<para>Lets just name all the new fonts <literal>type1</>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Family</term> -<listitem> -<para>The name of the font.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Weight</term> -<listitem> -<para>Normal, bold, medium, semibold, etc. From the -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>strings</><manvolnum>1</></> output -above, it appears that this font has a weight of -<emphasis>medium</emphasis>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Slant</term> -<listitem> -<para><emphasis remap=bf>r</emphasis>oman, <emphasis -remap=bf>i</emphasis>talic, <emphasis remap=bf>o</emphasis>blique, -etc. Since the <emphasis>ItalicAngle</emphasis> is zero, -<emphasis>roman</emphasis> will be used.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Width</term> -<listitem> -<para>Normal, wide, condensed, extended, etc. Until it can be examined, -the assumption will be <emphasis>normal</emphasis>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Additional style</term> -<listitem> -<para>Usually omitted, but this will indicate that -the font contains decorative capital letters.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry><term>Spacing</term> -<listitem> -<para>proportional or monospaced. <emphasis>Proportional</emphasis> -is used since <emphasis>isFixedPitch</emphasis> is false.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> -</para> - -<para>All of these names are arbitrary, but one should strive to be -compatible with the existing conventions. A font is referenced by -name with possible wild cards by an X11 program, so the name chosen -should make some sense. One might begin by simply using -<informalexample> -<screen>…-normal-r-normal-…-p-…</screen> -</informalexample> -as the name, and then use -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>xfontsel</><manvolnum>1</></> to examine it -and adjust the name based on the appearance of the font.</para> - -<para>So, to complete our example: -<informalexample> -<screen><lineannotation>Make the font accessible to X11</> -bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1</> -bash$ <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.pfb .</> - -<lineannotation>Edit fonts.dir and fonts.scale, adding the line describing the font -and incrementing the number of fonts which is found on the first line.</> -bash$ <userinput>ex fonts.dir -:1p -25 -:1c -26 -. -:$a -showboat.pfb -type1-showboat-medium-r-normal-decorative-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 -. -:wq</> - -<lineannotation><filename>fonts.scale</> seems to be identical to <filename>fonts.dir</>…</> -bash$ <userinput>cp fonts.dir fonts.scale</> - -<lineannotation>Tell X11 that things have changed</> -bash$ <userinput>xset fp rehash</> - -<lineannotation>Examine the new font</> -bash$ <userinput>xfontsel -pattern -type1-*</></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>References: -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>xfontsel</><manvolnum>1</></>, -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>xset</><manvolnum>1</></>, -<citetitle>The X Windows System in a Nutshell</>, <ulink -URL="http://www.ora.com/">O'Reilly & Associates</ulink>.</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Using type 1 fonts with Ghostscript</title> - -<para>Ghostscript references a font via its <filename>Fontmap</> -file. This must be modified in a similar way to the X11 -<filename>fonts.dir</filename> file. Ghostscript can use either the -<filename>.pfa</filename> or the <filename>.pfb</filename> format -fonts. Using the font from the previous example, here is how to use -it with Ghostscript: -<informalexample> -<screen><lineannotation>Put the font in Ghostscript's font directory</> -bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts</> -bash$ <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.pfb .</> - -<lineannotation>Edit Fontmap so Ghostscript knows about the font</> -bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/local/share/ghostscript/4.01</> -bash$ <userinput>ex Fontmap -:$a -/Showboat (showboat.pfb) ; % From CICA /fonts/atm/showboat -. -:wq</> - -<lineannotation>Use Ghostscript to examine the font</> -bash$ <userinput>gs prfont.ps</> -Aladdin Ghostscript 4.01 (1996-7-10) -Copyright (C) 1996 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights -reserved. -This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. -Loading Times-Roman font from /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/tir_____.pfb... - /1899520 581354 1300084 13826 0 done. -GS><userinput>Showboat DoFont</> -Loading Showboat font from /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/showboat.pfb... - 1939688 565415 1300084 16901 0 done. ->>showpage, press <return> to continue<< ->>showpage, press <return> to continue<< ->>showpage, press <return> to continue<< -GS><userinput>quit</></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>References: <filename>fonts.txt</filename> in the Ghostscript -4.01 distribution</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Using type 1 fonts with Groff</title> - -<para>Now that the new font can be used by both X11 and Ghostscript, -how can one use the new font with groff? First of all, since we are -dealing with type 1 postscript fonts, the groff device that is -applicable is the <emphasis>ps</emphasis> device. A font file must be -created for each font that groff can use. A groff font name is just -a file in <filename>/usr/share/groff_font/devps</filename>. With our -example, the font file could be -<filename>/usr/share/groff_font/devps/SHOWBOAT</filename>. The file -must be created using tools provided by groff.</para> - -<para>The first tool is <command>afmtodit</>. This is not normally -installed, so it must be retrieved from the source distribution. I -found I had to change the first line of the file, so I did: -<informalexample> -<screen>bash$ <userinput>cp /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/afmtodit/afmtodit.pl /tmp</> -bash$ <userinput>ex /tmp/afmtodit.pl -:1c -#!/usr/bin/perl -P- -. -:wq</></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>This tool will create the groff font file from the metrics file -(<filename>.afm</filename> suffix.) Continuing with our -example: -<informalexample> -<screen><lineannotation>Many <filename>.afm</> files are in Mac format&hellip ^M delimited lines -We need to convert them to unix style ^J delimited lines</> -bash$ <userinput>cd /tmp</> -bash$ <userinput>cat /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.afm | - tr '\015' '\012' >showboat.afm</> - -<lineannotation>Now create the groff font file</> -bash$ <userinput>cd /usr/share/groff_font/devps</> -bash$ <userinput>/tmp/afmtodit.pl -d DESC -e text.enc /tmp/showboat.afm generate/textmap SHOWBOAT</></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>The font can now be referenced with the name SHOWBOAT.</para> - -<para>If ghostscript is used to drive the printers on the system, -then nothing more needs to be done. However, if true postscript -printers are used, then the font must be down loaded to the printer -in order for the font to be used (unless the printer happens to have -the showboat font built in or on an accessible font disk.) The final -step is to create a down loadable font. The <command>pfbtops</> tool -is used to create the <filename>.pfa</filename> format of the font, -and the <filename>download</> file is modified to reference the new -font. The <filename>download</> file must reference the internal -name of the font. This can easily be determined from the groff font -file as illustrated: -<informalexample> -<screen><lineannotation>Create the <filename>.pfa</> font file</> -bash$ <userinput>pfbtops /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.pfb >showboat.pfa</></screen> -</informalexample> -Of course, if the <filename>.pfa</filename> file is already -available, just use a symbolic link to reference it. -<informalexample> -<screen><lineannotation>Get the internal font name</> -bash$ <userinput>fgrep internalname SHOWBOAT</> -internalname Showboat - -<lineannotation>Tell groff that the font must be down loaded</> -bash$ <userinput>ex download -:$a -Showboat showboat.pfa -. -:wq</></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>To test the font: -<informalexample> -<screen>bash$ <userinput>cd /tmp</> -bash$ <userinput>cat >example.t <<EOF -.sp 5 -.ps 16 -This is an example of the Showboat font: -.br -.ps 48 -.vs (\n(.s+2)p -.sp -.ft SHOWBOAT -ABCDEFGHI -.br -JKLMNOPQR -.br -STUVWXYZ -.sp -.ps 16 -.vs (\n(.s+2)p -.fp 5 SHOWBOAT -.ft R -To use it for the first letter of a paragraph, it will look like: -.sp 50p -\s(48\f5H\s0\fRere is the first sentence of a paragraph that uses the -showboat font as its first letter. -Additional vertical space must be used to allow room for the larger -letter. -EOF</> -bash$ <userinput>groff -Tps example.t >example.ps</> - -<lineannotation>To use ghostscript/ghostview</> -bash$ <userinput>ghostview example.ps</> - -<lineannotation>To print it</> -bash$ <userinput>lpr -Ppostscript example.ps</></screen> -</informalexample> -</para> - -<para>References: -<filename>/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/afmtodit/afmtodit.man</filename>, -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>groff_font</><manvolnum>5</></>, -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>groff_char</><manvolnum>5</></>, -<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pfbtops</><manvolnum>1</></>.</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Can TrueType fonts be used?</title> - -<para>The TrueType font format is used by Windows, Windows 95, and -Mac's. It is quite popular and there are a great number of -fonts available in this format.</para> - -<para>Unfortunately, there are few applications that I am aware of -that can use this format: Ghostscript and Povray come to mind. -Ghostscript's support, according to the documentation, is rudimentary -and the results are likely to be inferior to type 1 fonts. -Povray version 3 also has the ability to use TrueType fonts, but -I rather doubt many people will be creating documents as a series of -raytraced pages :-).</para> - -<para>Using TrueType with groff is difficult because groff would -need a font description file, and I know of no tools to construct -the metrics from a TrueType font. In addition, the font would have to -be downloaded to postscript printers in the appropriate format, -and again, groff cannot handle TrueType fonts in this fashion.</para> - -<para>This rather dismal situation may soon change. -The <ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/">FreeType Project</ulink> -is currently developing a useful set of FreeType tools: -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<simpara>The <command>xfsft</command> font server for X11 can serve -TrueType fonts in addition to regular fonts. Though currently in -beta, it is said to be quite useable. See <ulink -url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">Juliusz -Chroboczek's page</ulink> for further information. Porting instructions -for FreeBSD can be found at <ulink -url="http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen/software/">Stephen Montgomery's -software page</ulink>. -</simpara> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<simpara><command>xfstt</command> is another font -server for X11, available under <ulink -url=" ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts"> -ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/fonts</ulink>. -</simpara> -</listitem> -<listitem><simpara>A program called <command>ttf2bdf</command> can produce -BDF files suitable for use in an X environment from TrueType files. Linux -binaries are said to be available from <ulink -url="ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General">ftp://crl.nmsu.edu/CLR/multiling/General/</ulink>. -</simpara> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<simpara> -For people requiring the use of Asian TrueType fonts, the -<command>XTT</command> font server may be worth a look. Information about -<command>XTT</command> can be found at URL: <ulink -url="http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html">http://hawk.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/student/person/tshiozak/study/freebsd-at-random/x-tt/index-en.html</ulink>. -</simpara> -</listitem> -<listitem> -<simpara>and others …</simpara> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> -</para> -<para> -The -<ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/projects.htm">FreeType Projects page -</ulink> is a good starting point for information on these and other -free TrueType projects. -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Where can additional fonts be obtained?</title> - -<para>Many fonts are available on the Internet. They are either -entirely free, or are share-ware. In addition, there are many -inexpensive CDROMs available that contain many fonts. Some Internet -locations (as of August 1996) are: -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem><para><ulink -url="ftp://ftp.winsite.com">ftp://ftp.winsite.com</ulink> (Formerly -CICA)</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para><ulink -url="http://www.simtel.net/simcgi-bin/dosfind.cgi">http://www.simtel.net/simcgi-bin/dosfind.cgi</ulink></para></listitem> - -<listitem><para><ulink -url="ftp://ftp.coast.net/">ftp://ftp.coast.net/</ulink></para></listitem> - -<listitem><para><ulink -url="http://af-pc-plloyd.ecel.uwa.edu.au/fonts/index.html">http://af-pc-plloyd.ecel.uwa.edu.au/fonts/index.html</ulink></para></listitem> - -<listitem><para><ulink -url="http://www.esselte.com/letraset/index.html">http://www.esselte.com/letraset/index.html</ulink></para></listitem> - -<listitem><para><ulink -url="http://www.inil.com/users/elfring/esf.htm">http://www.inil.com/users/elfring/esf.htm</ulink></para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist></para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter> -<title>Additional questions</title> - -<para> -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem> -<para>What use are the <filename>.pfm</filename> files?</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Can one generate the <filename>.afm</filename> file from a <filename>.pfa</filename> or <filename>.pfb</filename>?</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>How to generate the groff character mapping files for postscript fonts -with non-standard character names?</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Can xditview and devX?? devices be setup to access all the new fonts?</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>It would be good to have examples of using TrueType fonts with povray and -ghostscript.</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> -</para> - -</chapter> -</book> |