From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:25:02 -0600 Message-ID: From: Blake McBride To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1133251eaf134f04ed48dcd5 Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme: fonts Topicbox-Message-UUID: 975345c6-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a1133251eaf134f04ed48dcd5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry again. Re-read first post. I forgot the "12a/font" part since it wasn't displayed in the ls. Now it works as I had hoped. This totally answers my question. Thank you all! Blake On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Blake McBride wrote: > I see. Sorry. I tried two different ones and I got: > > can't open font file /mnt/font/Courier: bad height or ascent in font file > can't open font file /mnt/font/Menlo-Regular: bad height or ascent in > font file > > > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:14 PM, andrey mirtchovski > wrote: > >> see the first reply in this thread >> >> >> On Wednesday, December 11, 2013, Blake McBride wrote: >> >>> Okay. I build and installed fontsrv. I have it running. Now when I >>> do: >>> >>> 9p ls font >>> >>> it lists all the fonts on my system. One of them is "Courier". From >>> acme, I tried: >>> >>> Font Courier >>> >>> But that doesn't work. It tells me: >>> >>> can't open font file Courier: No such file or directory >>> >>> It seems fontsrv is working or the 9p ls font wouldn't work. How can I >>> access the font from acme? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Blake >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Blake McBride wrot= e: >>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Aram H=C4=83v=C4=83rneanu wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Blake McBride >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > I'm sure I can get it to compile but I don't see the point. >>>>> >>>>> The point is that fontsrv allows p9p programs (including acme) to use >>>>> whatever true-type font you already have on the system. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Now that is valuable information!! Thanks! >>>> >>>> Blake >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > --001a1133251eaf134f04ed48dcd5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sorry again. =C2=A0Re-read first post. =C2=A0= I forgot the "12a/font" part since it wasn't displayed in the= ls. =C2=A0Now it works as I had hoped. =C2=A0This totally ans= wers my question.

Thank you all!

Blake

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O= n Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>= wrote:
I see. =C2=A0Sorry. =C2=A0I= tried two different ones and I got:

can'= t open font file /mnt/font/Courier: bad height or ascent in font fil= e
can't open font file /mnt/font/Menlo-Regular: bad hei= ght or ascent in font file


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On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:14 PM, andrey = mirtchovski <mirtchovski@gmail.com> wrote:
see the first reply in this thread


On Wednesd= ay, December 11, 2013, Blake McBride wrote:
Okay. =C2=A0I build and installed fontsrv. =C2=A0I have it run= ning. =C2=A0Now when I do: =C2=A0

9p ls=C2= =A0font

it lists all the fonts on my system. =C2= =A0One of them is "Courier". =C2=A0From acme, I tried:
=
Font Courier

But that doesn't work. =C2=A0It t= ells me:

can't open font file Cou= rier: No such file or directory

It seems=C2=A0fontsrv=C2=A0is workin= g or the 9p ls=C2=A0font wouldn't work. =C2=A0How can I ac= cess the font from acme?

Thanks.

Blake



On = Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Blake McBride <blake@= mcbride.name> wrote:
=
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:15 PM, A= ram H=C4=83v=C4=83rneanu <aram.h@mgk.ro> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Blake = McBride <blake@mcbride.name> wrote:
> I'm sure I can get it to compile but I don't see th= e point.

The point is that fontsrv allows p9p programs (including= acme) to use
whatever true-type font you already have on the system.

Now that is valuable informat= ion!! =C2=A0Thanks!

Blake
=C2=A0




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