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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] X libraries problems in BL3.40
  • Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 14:11:41 +1200

sindi keesan wrote:
>
> The older gs will work on all ps files

I've been using ImageMagic to view ps files from pdftops.

> The fonts.alias in BL3 /misc fonts directory lists about a page of:
> -schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal
> -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal
> -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal ....
> -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-...
> Was this added so that some program (Abiword?) would work properly

icewm needs some of those. AbiWord has its own fonts.

> and if so could a few more similar lines be added

Yes.

> to make xpdf work correctly with the existing fonts?

Perhaps. I don't know how xpdf uses fonts.

> BL3 has no .pcf.gz fonts, just /100dpi/c0632bt_.pfb, an
> Adobe Bitstream font. What is this used for in BL3?

That's a scalable font. It's used by MagicPoint.

> I just copied over all the /75dpi fonts from BL2 and
> pdftoppm still complains of no display fonts.

Are you sure that pdftoppm uses X fonts?

Cheers,
Steven




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