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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: New fonts for XF86
Date: 2 Feb 1997 01:11:59 GMT
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As I wrote:

> >  How i can create new PCF font for X11?! (Or edit old) ...
> 
> j@uriah 73% apropos pcf
> bdftopcf(1) - convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to \
>   Portable Compiled Format

I forgot to add: you don't need to convert them at all, if your desire
is just to make some tests.  The X server (or the font server xfs, for
that matter) understand BDF files as well, it's only that you might
lose some speed.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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