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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: script to build fontmap for kword
From:       Jost Schenck <uzsnty () uni-bonn ! de>
Date:       2000-03-12 15:03:51
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Hi,
thanks a lot for your work! I've changed the FAQ and put the script as well as
Fontmap.ms on the web site (they'll need some time to really appear there).
Thanks again!
-Jost.

On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Donovan Rebbechi wrote:
>>
>Attached is a script that generates ghostscript Fontmap aliases for kword. 
>
>You need have the  appropriate fonts in your ghostscriupt fontmap, 
>( see my font howto http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/font_howto/ for
>instructions )  then insert the aliases generated by the script.  The
>script seems fairly reliable, though not 100% ( I'm finding it hard to
>grok precisely how Qt guesses the printer names of the fonts ). The output
>of the script might occasionaly require a little hand tweaking, but at
>least the script does 95% of the work ( IME. )
>
>*the aliases must precede the fonts*
>
>I've also attached an example file that handles the well known "Microsoft
>web fonts". You can append this to your fontmap file. Obviously, you need
>to fix the path so that it corresponds with the location of the fonts on
>your hard drive ( that or make an appropriate symlink )
>
>I'd be interested to hear feedback on how well the script does or doesn't
>work.
>
>I'm going to put something more coherent in my HOWTO shortly.
>-- 
>Donovan
>
>

["kwdfont" (TEXT/PLAIN)]


["Fontmap.ms" (Fontmap.ms)]


--
Jost Schenck
jost@schenck.de


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