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- From: alex@laos (Alex D. Nghiem)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Wanted: App to preview fonts without installing them.
- Keywords: fonts, installation
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.215129.8704@pencom.com>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 21:51:29 GMT
- References: <tlm.724295987@scl1.al.iastate.edu>
- Sender: usenet@pencom.com (Usenet Pseudo User)
- Reply-To: alex@pencom.com
- Organization: Pencom Software
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- Hello there:
-
- I hope this is something which I'm overlooking but how do I install fonts?
- I've downloaded some of them from sonata, but everytime I try to do a
- buildafmdir in the directory, I get:
-
- buildafmdir: couldn't create lock file
-
- Can someone tell me what this error is? I've tried to RTFM but I couldn't find
- anything.
-
- Please e-mail me and I'll summarize, if there's any interest.
-
-
-
- Best regards,
-
-
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-
- In article <tlm.724295987@scl1.al.iastate.edu> tlm@iastate.edu (Tom Marchioro)
- writes:
- > In <1992Dec13.114133.18500@mic.ucla.edu> iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch)
- writes:
- >
- >
- > >[1] Is there an application that would allow me to preview fonts without
- > >having to install them first?
- >
- > > <further>
- >
- > You can do this with Yap. First, load the outline file into Yap, then
- > give the following commands (assuming the font is, say, Western, substitute
- > the proper name)
- >
- > /Western findfont
- > 48 scalefont
- > setfont
- > 72 200 moveto
- > (here is some text) show
- > showpage
- >
- >
- > this will cause "here is some text" to appear at 48 point in Yaps window
- > (after you hit the Execute button of course). This is also a good trick
- > for checking out a font in case you get the ubiquitous "Unusable Font"
- > error message, which can be caused by all sorts of things. Use this to
- > make sure that the outline file is okay. (i.e. if the font shows properly
- > this way then the problme is usually with the .afm file instead).
- >
- > >[2] Is there a way to store fonts I use once a year in a lower-level font
- > >chooser?
- >
- >
- > Yes, at least for all of the PD and shareware fonts (particularly those
- > made with the conversion tools from the Mac). I figured this out some
- > months ago and have been meanign to post it. Will write it up and post
- > here later tonight under the subject "Helpful Font Panel Trick"
- >
- > >[3] Are there other good monospaced fonts that work with Terminal, Stuart,
- > >etc.?
- >
- >
- > Personally I think Ohlfs is the nicest ofthe bunch (basically because it's
- > Courier "tuned" to the NeXT screen), but I've not yet seen the font Don
- > Yackman (sp?) recently posted to sonata.
- >
- >
- > Hope this is helpful --- Tom
-