From owner-ntemacs-users@june Tue Oct 22 19:53:54 1996 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] [nil "Tue" "22" "October" "1996" "22:05:04" "-0400" "Rajiv Patel" "scorn@interlog.com" nil "24" "Re: X11 fixed-width bitmap fonts for Windows" "^From:" nil nil "10" nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from joker.cs.washington.edu (joker.cs.washington.edu [128.95.1.42]) by june.cs.washington.edu (8.7.6/7.2ju) with SMTP id TAA22833 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 19:53:53 -0700 Received: from june.cs.washington.edu (june.cs.washington.edu [128.95.1.4]) by joker.cs.washington.edu (8.6.12/7.2ws+) with ESMTP id TAA33713 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 19:53:50 -0700 Received: from smtp.interlog.com (smtp.interlog.com [198.53.145.6]) by june.cs.washington.edu (8.7.6/7.2ju) with ESMTP id SAA19792 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 18:57:55 -0700 Received: from gold.interlog.com (gold.interlog.com [198.53.145.2]) by smtp.interlog.com (8.7.6/8.7.6) with ESMTP id VAA19661; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:48:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from storm (ip93-140.tor.interlog.com [206.108.93.140]) by gold.interlog.com (8.7.6/8.6.10) with SMTP id VAA03357; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:57:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19961023020504.0092765c@mail.interlog.com> X-Sender: scorn@mail.interlog.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Rajiv Patel To: Andrew Innes Cc: sedmonds@svr1.iei.net, ntemacs-users@cs.washington.edu Subject: Re: X11 fixed-width bitmap fonts for Windows Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 22:05:04 -0400 At 20:05 10/17/96 +0100, Andrew Innes wrote: >>Anyone know where one can get the X fixed-width bitmap fonts (6x13, >>10x20, etc.) in a Windows format? In particular, I really want 6x13 >>(the ultimate programming font). Anything else is just a bonus. >> >>I've checked info, the NT Emacs FAQ, and the web search engines, but >>haven't found anything. > >Try searching for "bdftofon". This is a program that converts the .bdf >font source distributed with the X source into Windows .fon files. You >can then use the Control Panel to add the .fon files into the Windows >font list. Just for everyone's info, bdftofon was really hard to find (the only search engine that came up with anything useful was Lycos - archie yields an outdated site) but it can be found at ftp://bart.starnet.com/xwin/bdftofon.exe - I hope this helps! raj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv N. Patel Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. scorn@interlog.com (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-ntemacs-users@june Wed Oct 23 07:02:40 1996 X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] [nil "Wed" "23" "October" "1996" "06:11:17" "-0700" "John Birchfield" "jb@pureatria.com" nil "34" "Re: X11 fixed-width bitmap fonts for Windows" "^From:" nil nil "10" nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from joker.cs.washington.edu (joker.cs.washington.edu [128.95.1.42]) by june.cs.washington.edu (8.7.6/7.2ju) with SMTP id HAA23020 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 07:02:40 -0700 Received: from june.cs.washington.edu (june.cs.washington.edu [128.95.1.4]) by joker.cs.washington.edu (8.6.12/7.2ws+) with ESMTP id HAA31109 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 07:02:36 -0700 Received: from pure.PureAtria.COM (pure.pureatria.com [192.232.1.1]) by june.cs.washington.edu (8.7.6/7.2ju) with ESMTP id GAA20418 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 06:11:22 -0700 Received: from dweezle.pureatria.com.pure.com (dweezle.pureatria.com [192.232.3.73]) by pure.PureAtria.COM (8.7.6/8.7.3/PUREATRIA.COM) with SMTP id GAA13536; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 06:11:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610231311.GAA13536@pure.PureAtria.COM> In-reply-to: <1.5.4.32.19961023020504.0092765c@mail.interlog.com> (message from Rajiv Patel on Tue, 22 Oct 1996 22:05:04 -0400) From: jb@PureAtria.COM (John Birchfield) To: scorn@interlog.com CC: andrewi@harlequin.co.uk, sedmonds@svr1.iei.net, ntemacs-users@cs.washington.edu Subject: Re: X11 fixed-width bitmap fonts for Windows Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 06:11:17 -0700 (PDT) |From: Rajiv Patel |Cc: sedmonds@svr1.iei.net, ntemacs-users@cs.washington.edu | |At 20:05 10/17/96 +0100, Andrew Innes wrote: | |>>Anyone know where one can get the X fixed-width bitmap fonts (6x13, |>>10x20, etc.) in a Windows format? In particular, I really want 6x13 |>>(the ultimate programming font). Anything else is just a bonus. |>> |>>I've checked info, the NT Emacs FAQ, and the web search engines, but |>>haven't found anything. |> |>Try searching for "bdftofon". This is a program that converts the .bdf |>font source distributed with the X source into Windows .fon files. You |>can then use the Control Panel to add the .fon files into the Windows |>font list. | |Just for everyone's info, bdftofon was really hard to find (the only search |engine that came up with anything useful was Lycos - archie yields an |outdated site) but it can be found at |ftp://bart.starnet.com/xwin/bdftofon.exe - I hope this helps! try ftp://bart.starnet.com/pub/xwin/bdftofon.exe | |raj |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rajiv N. Patel Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. | scorn@interlog.com (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.) |------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -jb