From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- help/comp-fonts-FAQ/comp.fonts_FAQ:_Unix_Info | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+) create mode 100644 help/comp-fonts-FAQ/comp.fonts_FAQ:_Unix_Info (limited to 'help/comp-fonts-FAQ/comp.fonts_FAQ:_Unix_Info') diff --git a/help/comp-fonts-FAQ/comp.fonts_FAQ:_Unix_Info b/help/comp-fonts-FAQ/comp.fonts_FAQ:_Unix_Info new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a2b9c6295f --- /dev/null +++ b/help/comp-fonts-FAQ/comp.fonts_FAQ:_Unix_Info @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news3.near.net!amber.ora.com!not-for-mail +From: norm@ora.com (Norman Walsh) +Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.answers,news.answers +Subject: comp.fonts FAQ: Unix Info +Supersedes: +Followup-To: poster +Date: 14 Aug 1996 10:35:00 -0400 +Organization: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. +Lines: 61 +Sender: norm@ruby.ora.com +Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu +Distribution: world +Expires: 27 Sep 1996 14:34:08 GMT +Message-ID: +References: +Reply-To: norm@ora.com (Norman Walsh) +NNTP-Posting-Host: ruby.ora.com +Summary: This posting answers frequently asked questions about fonts. + It addresses both general font questions and questions that + are specific to a particular platform. +X-Web-Homepage: http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/ +Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.fonts:48308 comp.answers:20522 news.answers:79243 + +Archive-name: fonts-faq/part10 +Version: 2.1.5 + +Subject: 5. Unix Information + + See also the 'utilities' section for more information. Most of the + utilities described in that section run under Unix. + + The bulk of this section was contributed by Johannes Schmidt-Fischer in + Jun 1993. + + Unix Font Formats + ================= + + Most printers attached to Unix hosts are PostScript printers. As a + consequence, most Unix users are also using PostScript fonts. If you + are not using a PostScript printer, you need a front-end, like + GhostScript, to convert the PostScript into a format compatible with + your printer. + + There is no Unix specific Postscript Type 1 format. The most often used + (and most easily usable) format is Adobe's PFA format. The other often + used format is PFB format. The PFB format is more compact (by about + 50%), but in order to use it you need make sure that your font + downloading tools are prepared to convert PFB to PFA on fly. + + Postscript Type 3 fonts are no problem, they can be handled the same + way as Type 1 fonts. + + Most Unix tools expect to get character metric information from AFM + files. You may have difficulty using fonts collected off of the 'Net + if they do not include AFM files + + Font Installation + ================= + + Application + ----------- + + It depends. (Well, what did you expect me to say? ;-) + + Printer using an ExitServer + --------------------------- + + Convert PFB fonts into PFA format if necessary and then send them to + printer inside a wrapper like so: + + %!PS-Adobe-2.0 ExitServer Job + serverdict begin 0 exitserver % 0: substitute your password + ... % font in PFA-format + %%EOF + + Or include them directly in your print job: + + %!PS-Adobe-2.0 + ... % font in PFA-format + ... % other initialisation + %%Page: 1 i % beginning of your job... + ... % ... + %%EOF + -- cgit v1.2.3