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- From: rhealey@kas.helios.mn.org (Rob Healey)
- Subject: downloadable PS fonts on AmigaUNIX
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.202211.9994@kas.helios.mn.org>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:22:11 GMT
- Organization: Rob's home system, Hopkins, MN
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- Has anybody set up the Type1 font capability of AmigaUNIX's
- postscript printing system, i.e. uploaded the font list
- from their printer, stored the list in
- /etc/lp/{printer-name}/residentfonts,made the /usr/share/lib/hostfontdir
- directory and then made a valid map file in that directory?
- i.e.
- Palatino-Bold /usr/local/fonts/Type1/PB______.pfa
-
- inside the /usr/share/lib/hostfontdir/map file.
-
- According the the USL 4.2 documentation on the Postscript subsystem
- you are supposed to be able to put ANY Type1 font in the list of
- supported fonts by listing the font name and a full path to it in
- the map file in hostfontdir. I'm wondering if anybody has tried this
- on AMigaUNIX, it appears /usr/lib/lp/postscript/download supports
- this capability but as I don't have the Type1 fonts or a printer to
- try them out on I'm curious about whether it actually WORKS on
- AmigaUNIX.
-
- -Rob
-