Re: [9fans] plan9port troff - \(sq character

[arnold@skeeve.com]

Thanks for this!  I will try it out and report back.

ldb <andpuke@foxmail.com> wrote:

> (Previous reply did not land on the list so this is a repost.)
> > In plan9 troff I'm getting an upside-down exclamation point.
> > Any idea why?  How can I get \(sq to give me a square?
> > 
> Viewing the PostScript produced by tr2post, turns out it uses the font
> LucidaSansUnicode25 to render the square, which means you need to have
> these fonts installed to $PLAN9/postscript/font and then call "psfonts"
> programs to embed the PostScript font.
>
> The "NOTICE" file at $PLAN9/postscript/font says:
>
> > This directory is intended to contain the same files
> > as in /sys/lib/postscript/font in a Plan 9 distribution,
> > including the Lucida Sans Unicode font from B&H. 
> > The terms of the font license in Plan 9 do not permit
> > us to distribute those files here.
> > 
> > As a substitute for the Lucida Sans fonts,
> > Plan 9 from User Space provides Luxi Sans,
> > also by B&H but available under a more liberal
> > license, and Deja Vu, a Unicode extension of the
> > Bitstream Vera family of fonts.
> > 
> > Luxi Sans is similar to Lucida Sans except that
> > it has no Unicode support.  Deja Vu does have
> > good Unicode support.
> 
> So you'll need to find the distribution of Plan9 which has following files
> LucidaSans-Demi
> LucidaSans-Italic
> LucidaSans-Typewriter83
> LucidaTypewriter
> NOTICE
> ams
> cm
> fontmap
> lino
> lsunr00.pfa
> lsunr01.pfa
> lsunr02.pfa
> lsunr03.pfa
> lsunr04.pfa
> lsunr05.pfa
> lsunr20.pfa
> lsunr21.pfa
> lsunr22.pfa
> lsunr24.pfa
> lsunr25.pfa
> lw+
> 
> You will need to *append *the fontmap file to $PLAN9/postscript/font/fontmap and copy the files `Lucida*` and `*.pfa`, and optionally `cm` and `ams`.
> 
> Then `9 tr2post file.dpost | 9 psfonts > file.ps` would render the symbols properly.
> 
> You can also use `dpost` from heirloom-doctools to render the troff output to PostScript, saves the procedure to manually install the fonts.

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