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Message from Steven
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James wrote:
>
> Xpdf uses X server fonts.  It requires the following fonts:
> 
> * Courier: medium-r, bold-r, medium-o, and bold-o
> * Helvetica: medium-r, bold-r, medium-o, and bold-o
> * Times: medium-r, bold-r, medium-i, and bold-i
> * Symbol: medium-r

All of the above are in the xfnts.tgz package.

> X servers, starting at R5, support font scaling.  
> Xpdf will automatically take advantage of this.  
> X servers can also handle true scalable, e.g., Type 1, fonts.

Type 1 fonts are in the xscl.tgz package.

> It seems this task will require a fair amount more puzzling 
> and/or experimentation 

Why?

> if I am to get away without installing the fuller X font 
> packages from Slack4.

Why are you avoiding installing two font packages?  You've
got plenty of space.  You mentioned something about an rxvt
problem with the new fonts.  That shouldn't be hard to fix.

Cheers,
Steven




Cheers,
Steven