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- From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
- Subject: Re: using ATM fonts w/ GS 2.5.2 on IBM PC
- Message-ID: <9212310012.0.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
- References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:12:48 GMT
- Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu
- Lines: 37
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- Re <9212310328.AA06626@raisin-nut> <1992Dec30.183648.17786@unlv.edu>:
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- > The FONTS.DOC file states that GS can deal with .PFB and .PFA files
- > directly. I changed GS_LIB to point to the ATM directory for Desqview
- > X and added
- >
- > /TM (tir_____.pfb) ;
- >
- > to Fontmap.
- >
- > When I try to access the font (i.e. /TM findfont) I get:
- >
- > Loading TM font from c:\dvx\...\atm\tir_____.pfb... 626416 605403 0 done.
- > Loading TM font failed, substituting Ugly.
- > Loading Ugly font from uglyr.gsf (etc...)
- >
- > I tried other .pfb fonts from the directory, and also from another
- > machine with ATM for windows installed. All recieved similar errors
- > (the numbers were the only differences). I also tried renaming the
- > files (to get rid of underscores) and to place them in the normal GS
- > font directory. All with the same results. All of the GS fonts load
- > and work.
- >
- > Any ideas??
-
- The name in the Fontmap (e.g., TM) must match the FontName in the
- file. If you change the Fontmap entry for /Times-Roman, rather than
- adding an entry for /TM, Ghostscript should be able to load
- tir_____.pfb with no trouble.
-
- L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
- ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; voice 415-322-0103 ; fax 322-1734
- "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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