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Re: SNF hebrew fonts at huji !
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> Hi ,
>
> went to huji to pick up some fonts ...
> I saw some heb fonts with snf suffix , is there a way to let linux know they
> are around ...
>
> ( mkfontdir will not recognize them !) .
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> thankes ,
> eddie
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.snf fonts were used with X11R4. When X11R5 came out, a new format of font
files was chose, .pcf, which is portable between different platforms (unlike
the snf fotmat).
I have a program, snftobdf, which I downloaded some years ago that translates
.snf font files to bdf format source. You can then translate the bdf
fonts to pcf format using a translator that comes with X11, bdftopcf, which
I suppose you have. When you have translated the fonts you want and placed
them in the font directory (the .pcf files you created, that is), you can
use mkfontdir.
Eddie, I will mail you this tool. If there is more demand for it, please let
me know where can I place it. Perhaps in the Linux FTP site, so that
whoever wishes to try it can upload it from there.
Shana Tova,
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