installing .fon fonts

[James Richard Tyrer]

LeVA wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Is it possible to install font files, which has a ".fon" extension? When 
> I try to add these fonts in kde with Fontinst, it says that is doesn't 
> support this file type. Is there any other way to install these fonts?

This is not simple.

If you have WINE it should include the program: "fnt2bdf" but you might 
have to build it from source to get it.  It isn't installed but is in the 
source tree in the: "tools" directory after you build WINE.

That will make a BDF font file.

Then you use: "bdftopcf" to make a PCF file.

Then you GZip it.

Copy the file to: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/

And, run: "mkfontdir" in the directory.

Try Google, and the WINE documentation for more detailed help.

--
JRT
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