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

[arnold@skeeve.com]

And indeed this all worked like a charm!  Much thanks!

Arnold

arnold@skeeve.com wrote:

> 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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