Hi Gurus,
Offuly sorry for delay with the summary,but finally here it is :
> Problem:
> ========
> Regarding to manual ,photoshop uses postscript fonts TYPE1
> (in sunos there are 57 built-in) and may work with additional
> ones if :
> 1. add directory with additional fonts to xset +fp <fonts_dir>
> 2. -or- define <dir> with fonts in <photoshop_installdir>/custom/SITEPSRE*
> To add psfonts in xset path they needs to be defined in "fonts.dir" file
> which ussually is produced by mkfontdir utility,which recognizes ONLY
> *.fd/*.snf fonts (not ps) and fails with any others (unfortunately ps/etc).
> then the question is :
> (a) How to create fonts.dir in directory with new ps fonts ?
Adobe distributes a font library w/ 220 fonts. You can get it with
Illustrator 5.5 for Sun for free. It includes .pfa and .afm files
for each font. The installation procedure is different from yours,
because they are not intended for the X server to use. Photoshop
(and Illustrator and other apps like Island graphics) uses them
directly. They are stored in /usr/psres, and my .login has:
setenv FONTPATH ${FONTPATH}:/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/outline:/usr/psres/fonts
setenv PSRESOURCEPATH /usr/psres:/usr/openwin/lib/X11::
setenv MANPATH ${MANPATH}:/usr/psres/Fonts_220/man
"ls -l /usr/psres":
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 36847 Apr 14 09:58 Fonts220.upr
drwxr-xr-x 223 root other 7680 Apr 14 09:58 fonts
The last few lines from "ls -l /usr/psres/fonts":
drwxrwxr-x 2 root other 512 Aug 8 1994 Willow.font
drwxrwxr-x 2 root other 512 Aug 8 1994 WoodtypeOrnaments-Two.font
drwxrwxr-x 2 root other 512 Aug 8 1994 ZapfChancery-MediumItalic.font
drwxrwxr-x 2 root other 512 Aug 8 1994 ZapfDingbats.font
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 18470 Apr 14 09:58 fonts.alias
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 23945 Apr 14 09:58 fonts.dir
"ls -l /usr/psres/fonts/Willow.font":
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 14532 Aug 8 1994 Willow.afm
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 61131 Aug 8 1994 Willow.pfa
Making them usable by X is another story altogether.
> (b) If it`s possibe to transfer ps fonts from the PC and
> define them on SUN OS
Only if they are type 1 and have metrics files (.afm).
> (c) Any workarounds ???
Lots. You may be interested in the Gallium font manager.
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Many thanks for detailed info to :
David L. Markowitz <David.Markowitz@litronic.com>
Mark J O'reilly <moreilly@fsaia.qld.gov.au>
Best Regards.
Mike Dubman.
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