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<h1>Fonts</h1>
Fonts are defined by listing them in the file fonts.txt, which is
installed in ${prefix}/share/siag/common, usually
/usr/local/share/siag/common. The format of
the file is:
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[Font Name] Name as it appears to the user
AFM=roman|italic|bold|italicbold AFM filename
PFB=roman|italic|bold|italicbold PFB filename
X=roman|italic|bold|italicbold X fonts
PS=roman|italic|bold|italicbold PS fonts for printing
T1=roman|italic|bold|italicbold T1 fonts (used by libt1)
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<h3>Example</h3>
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[Avant Garde]
AFM=agw.afm|agwo.afm|agd.afm|agdo.afm
X=-*-courier-medium-r-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*|-*-courier-medium-i-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*|-*-courier-bold-r-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*|-*-courier-bold-i-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*
PS=AvantGarde-Book|AvantGarde-BookOblique|AvantGarde-Demi|AvantGarde-DemiOblique
[Bitstream Charter]
AFM=bchr.afm|bchri.afm|bchb.afm|bchbi.afm
X=-*-new century schoolbook-medium-r-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*|-*-new century schoolbook-medium-i-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*|-*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*|-*-new century schoolbook-bold-i-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-*
T1=CharterBT-Roman|CharterBT-Italic|CharterBT-Bold|CharterBT-BoldItalic
[Times2]
AFM=tnrl2___.afm|tnrl2i__.afm|tnrl2b__.afm|tnrl2bi_.afm
X=-*-times-medium-r-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-2|-*-times-medium-i-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-2|-*-times-bold-r-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-2|-*-times-bold-i-*--*-%d-%d-%d-*-*-*-2
PS=TimesNewRomanL2|TimesNewRomanL2-Italic|TimesNewRomanL2-Bold|TimesNewRomanL2-BoldItalic
PFB=tnrl2___.pfb|tnrl2i__.pfb|tnrl2b__.pfb|tnrl2bi_.pfb
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The AFM directive specifies where the font metric files are. If the files
are not available, X metrics will be used instead which will be less precise.
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The optional PFB directive specifies where the font files are. A font
that is not already installed on the printer must be included in the
printout, which is what this directive accomplishes. In the example,
Times2 is a Latin2 equivalent of Times. This is necessary because
Latin2 glyphs are not included in most standard fonts.
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The afm and pfb files are by default installed in the directory
${prefix}/share/siag/common/fonts.
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<address>Ulric Eriksson - October 2000 - ulric@siag.nu</address>
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