IDAutomationocr postscript Fonts install on HP-UX

[Patel Alpesh]

Hi,

I am trying to install postscript fonts on HP-UX. we purchased IDautoamtionocra & ocrb fonts.

I copied
IDautoamtionocra.pfa and IDautoamtionocrb.pfa files to /usr/lib/X11/fonts/type1.st/typefaces directory.
then I ran mkfontdir this didn't add fonts to fonts.dir so i manually added following to fonts.dir

IDAutomationOCRa.pfa -Type1-IDAutomationOCRa-medium-r-normal-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
IDAutomationOCRb.pfa -Type1-IDAutomationOCRb-medium-r-normal-0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1

i did xset fp rehash but I can't see fonts when I query using xlsfonts |grep -i mation.

I restarted xfs but still can't query.

can someone please tell me what I am missing?

[Patel Alpesh]

catalouge variable in "/etc/X11/fs/config" file

catalogue = /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ms.st,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/chinese_t.st,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/chinese_s.st,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/korean.st,/us
r/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/japanese.st,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/type1.st,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/hp_roman8/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/iso_8859.1/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/is
o_8859.1/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/iso_8859.15/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/hp_kana8/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/hp_japanese/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/hp_japanese/75dpi/,
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/hp_korean/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/hp_chinese_s/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/hp_chinese_t/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/iso_8859.2/75dpi/,/usr/lib/
X11/fonts/iso_8859.5/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/iso_8859.6/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/iso_8859.7/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/iso_8859.8/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/is
o_8859.9/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/ttfjpn.st,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/ifojpn.st,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/dt/config/xfonts/C

[Alex Glennie]

re using mkfontdir .... I *think* you need to use

/usr/sbin/stmkdirs +moc /path_to_my_new_fonts_directory (11.XX) or /usr/sbin/stmkdirs +mocr /path_to_my_new_fonts_directory (10.20)

[Patel Alpesh]

Thanks Alex,

I did /usr/sbin/stmkdirs +moc /usr/lib/X11/fonts/type1.st/

now there is entry in fonts.dir

IDAutomationOCRa.pfa -unknown-idautomationocra-normal-r-normal-idautomationocra 0-0-0-0-0-m-0-unknown-fontspecific
IDAutomationOCRb.pfa -unknown-idautomationocrb-normal-r-normal-idautomationocrb 0-0-0-0-0-m-0-unknown-fontspecific

then xset fp rehash

I tried xlsfonts |grep -i mation . it returns nothing

I restarted xfs but same .... I can't find idautomation in the list.

Do I have to transfer fonts in lower case or it doesn't matter?

Thanks,
Alpesh

[Alex Glennie]

The following may help it's for TT fonts and should run after the stmkdirs command

Make note of one of the font names listed in your fonts.dir file:

2
3of9.ttf -unknown-3 of 9
barcode-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-hp-tdffffffff37fffffe;1,0;3,0
mb001.pfa -unknown-mb001-normal-r-normal-mb001
4565138-0-0-0-0-p-0-unknown-fontspecific

Barcode TrueType fonts do not usually contain the TrueType foundry information in the headers. The /usr/bin/stmkdirs command identifies the type foundry and adds the string "-unknown" to the font description.

Edit this fonts.dir file and change all occurrences of "unknown" to "advancemeants".


Copy the fonts.dir file to a fonts.scale file in the /usr/lib/X11/fonts/barcode directory:

cp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/barcode/fonts.dir /usr/lib/X11/fonts/barcode/fonts.scale


Create a fonts.alias file in the /usr/lib/X11/fonts/barcode directory:

$ /usr/bin/vi /usr/lib/X11/fonts/barcode/fonts.alias

Add the following lines to this new fonts.alias file:

"FILE_NAMES_ALIASES"

This new /usr/lib/X11/fonts/barcode directory should have everything you need to use this TrueType fonts with the font server under HP-UX. Now you need to set-up a font server to provide TrueType fonts to the X11 application running on the X server.

[Patel Alpesh]

Alex,

Those entries needs to be for true type fonts right?

I am trying to install postscript fonts.

don't mind if i sound too novice but this is first time i am handling hp-ux admin.

[Patel Alpesh]

Also when I give following command

#fslsfonts -server localhost:7000 |grep -i ocr

it returns

-advancemeants-idautomationocra-normal-r-normal-idautomationocra 0-0-0-0-0-m-0-advancemeants-fontspecific
-advancemeants-idautomationocrb-normal-r-normal-idautomationocrb 0-0-0-0-0-m-0-advancemeants-fontspecific
-unknown-idautomationocra-normal-r-normal-idautomationocra 0-0-0-0-0-m-0-unknown-fontspecific
-unknown-idautomationocrb-normal-r-normal-idautomationocrb 0-0-0-0-0-m-0-unknown-fontspecific

but xlsfonts doesn't return anything.

[Alex Glennie]

Again I *think* there's no true support for postscript fonts via the Xserver only xfs ...

I'd try the above eg and see what happens ?

[Patel Alpesh]

Thanks,

I can see the fonts using fslsfonts but its not returning anything when I use xlsfonts. Oracle insists that xlsfonts should display fonts.

Anyways Thanks for help. I tried your eg. but still not getting it.