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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
2 @setfilename ../info/XFONT
3 @settitle X's FONT usage
4
5 @titlepage
6 @sp 6
7 @center @titlefont{X's FONT usage for novice users}
8 @sp 4
9 @center Version 2.0
10 @sp 5
11 @center Ken'ichi HANDA
12 @center handa@@etl.go.jp
13 @page
14
15 @end titlepage
16
17 @node Top, , , (mule)
18 @section X's FONT usage
19
20 This document descrives X's FONT usage for novice users.
21
22 @menu
23 * Font path:: How to set font path?
24 * Building fonts:: How to build new fonts?
25 * Getting fonts:: How to get fonts?
26 * Font selection: (mule) FONT. Mule's font selection mechanism
27 @end menu
28
29 @node Font path, Building fonts, , Top
30 @section Setting font path
31
32 To run Mule as a client of X, X's font is required for each
33 character set (e.g. GB2312 [Chinese], JISX0208 [Japanese]).
34 The fonts you can use on your X server are listed by the
35 command @code{xlsfonts}.
36 @quotation
37 @code{% xlsfonts | egrep -i gb2312}
38 @end quotation
39 will show you fonts for Chinese (GB).
40 @quotation
41 @code{% xlsfonts | egrep -i jisx0208}
42 @end quotation
43 will show you fonts for Japanese.
44 @quotation
45 @code{% xlsfonts | egrep -i ksc5601}
46 @end quotation
47 will show you fonts for Korean.
48 @quotation
49 @code{% xlsfonts | egrep -i big5}
50 @end quotation
51 will show you fonts for Big5.
52
53 If you can't find necessary fonts, check your 'Font Path' by:
54 @quotation
55 @code{% xset q}
56 @end quotation
57
58 Under the default setting of X.V11R5, fonts for Japanese and
59 Korean are in the directory /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc. If
60 these directories are not in your Font Path, put them in by:
61 @quotation
62 @code{% xset fp+ /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc}
63 @end quotation
64 If there are no such directories, you must create X's font
65 from BDF files by yourself @xref{Building fonts}.
66
67 Now, you can run Mule on X. If you want to use different
68 fonts than defaults, you can specify them by command line
69 switch or your X's resource file (try `man mule' or look
70 into the file `mule/etc/mule.1').
71
72 @node Building fonts, Getting fonts, Font path, Top
73 @section Building fonts
74
75 X.V11R5 is distributed with many fonts (BDF format). Those
76 are under X.V11R5/mit/fonts/bdf/misc:
77 @quotation
78 jiskan16.bdf, jiskan24.bdf (Japanese)
79 hanglm16.bdf, hanglm24.bdf (Korean)
80 @end quotation
81 and under X.V11R5/contrib/clients/cxterm/fonts:
82 @quotation
83 cclib16st.bdf, cclib24st.bdf (Chinese GB)
84 hku-ch16.bdf (Chinese Big5)
85 @end quotation
86 To create fonts from these files, you'd better make a
87 directory for them (say ${font}):
88 @example
89 % mkdir ${font}
90 % cd ${font}
91 % bdftopcf xxx/jiskan24.bdf >jiskan24.pcf
92 % bdftopcf yyy/hanglm24.bdf >hanglm24.pcf
93 ...
94 % mkfontdir
95 % xset fp+ `pwd`
96 @end example
97
98 Now you can check if you are really able to use these fonts by
99 'xlsfonts' command. You must use 'bdftosnf' instead of
100 'bdftopcf' if you are using X.V11R4.
101
102 @node Getting fonts, , Building fonts, Top
103 @section How to get fonts?
104
105 Mule requires more fonts than in the distribution of
106 X.V11R5. For instance, in the case of using EGG with cWnn's
107 cserver, font for SiSheng characters is necessary. The
108 directory `fonts' under the ftp directory of Mule contains
109 those fonts.
110
111 @contents
112 @bye