From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:14:06 -0700 Message-ID: From: andrey mirtchovski To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2fa928f867304ed48b50a Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme: fonts Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9745f6c8-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a11c2fa928f867304ed48b50a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 > > wrote: > >> >> 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 >> >> >> > --001a11c2fa928f867304ed48b50a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable see the first reply in this thread

On Wednesday, Decemb= er 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:
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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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