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- From: elmar@knipp.en.open.de (Elmar Knipp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: Font not availible
- Message-ID: <1992Aug10.202634.1055@knipp.en.open.de>
- Date: 10 Aug 92 20:26:34 GMT
- References: <1992Aug2.165952.2876@knipp.en.open.de> <809@rtbrain.rightbrain.com>
- Organization: Private/FRG
- Lines: 35
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- glenn@rightbrain.com (Glenn Reid) writes:
-
- >Elmar Knipp writes
- >> I copied some Fonts from my MAC to the NeXT and installed
- >> them in /LocalLibrary/Fonts. But when I want to use the fonts, the
- >> font panel always says: "Unusable Font".
- >>
- >> The files are ok (converted with mfrc to ascii-readable),
- >> the permisssions and owner are ok, buildafmdir works ok.
- >>
- >> The only applications which will use the new fonts is
- >> Frame-Maker.
-
- >This is one of the reasons why you should buy the fonts in
- >NeXT format. They work, they're tested, and they're the same
- >price as Mac fonts.
-
- >Send mail to "fonts@rightbrain.com". We have over 1100 fonts in NeXT
- >format directly from Adobe, and you can call us today and be printing
- >documents with them tomorrow morning.
-
- This is no solution. The error also occurs, if you copy fonts
- from an other NeXT-Computer.
-
- The solution is to delete /LocalLibrary/Fonts/.fontlist and
- .fontdirectory and maybe .afmcache. Then run buildafmdir.
-
- >--
- > Glenn Reid NeXTmail: glenn@rightbrain.com
- > RightBrain Software 415-326-2974 (NeXTfax 326-2977)
- > Palo Alto, California
-
- Elmar
-