Um eine Uebersicht über die verfügbaren Fonts zu erhalten, können Sie die UNIX-Kommandos xlsfonts und xfontsel aufrufen.
* BDF The Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) is the standard format for distribution of fonts. It is an ASCII format so it can easily be edited it with your favourite editor or E-mailed to other users. As the name suggests, it stores bitmap fonts only. Another virtue of the BDF format is that most font format converters convert to or from this format. Means if you want to go from format A to format B, neither of which is BDF, then you are likely to convert A to BDF, then BDF to B. The BDF format is defined by Adobe. A document describing the format is available by ftp from Adobe's file server at "ps-file-server@adobe.com". It is also available in the standard X distribution. Look under ../X11R4(5)/mit/hardcopy/BDF. This document is also reproduced in any text describing the X standard.
* SNF
The Server Normal Format (SNF) is an older format for bitmap
fonts. The format is X Server and host dependent. This means that
if you have two SNF files, their actual format may be different.
Also, if you have an "snftobdf" utility, it may not be able to
read font files from other systems. Convert to BDF format before
you move it off the host system.
Dieses Format ist veraltet.
* PCF
The Portable Compiled Font (PCF) format is a binary format for
bitmap fonts. The binary contains sufficient information to be
readable by other systems.
Dieses Format wird auch am Zentrum Informatikdienste der Uni Zürich
verwendet. Das Dienstprogramm bdftopcf erlaubt es, Font-Files
in das moderne PCF-Format zu konvertieren.
* PHIGS These fonts are only applicable in PEX environments. PHIGS fonts don't really have any relationship to the normal X font mechanism.
* DWF The DECWindows Fonts (DWF) are bitmap fonts.
* Intellifont
These are HP scalable fonts.
Dieses Font-Format wird auch von gewissen Non-PostScript-Druckern
verwendet.
* PFA/PFB
These are Adobe Type 1
PostScript
fonts.
They can be used in X11R5 based X servers and font servers because
IBM has donated a renderer for this format to the X Consortium.
The renderer can be found on the X11R5 contrib, and on ftp.x.org.
Diese Font-Formate werden auch vom PostScript-Interpreter gs
sowie vom Adobe Type Manager (ATM) verwendet.
Siehe Eine Zeichenbeschreibung,
Font-Technologie.
* Speedo This is a format from Bitstream, Inc. Bitstream has also donated a font renderer to the X Consortium, and a couple of fonts. I have been told that in order to use commercial fonts from BitStream, you must patch the renderer somewhat to make it use the right decryption code for the font.
* FB These are Sun X11/NeWS format bitmap fonts used by the Sun OpenWindows system. You can use "convertfont" which comes with OpenWindows to convert to/from BDF.
* F3/F3B This is the scalable Sun Folio format, also used by OpenWindows. You can use "convertfont" to convert to (not from) BDF.
Im UNIX-Filesystem sind die Fonts meist unter /usr/lib/X11/fonts abgelegt.
Beispiel für eine AFM-Datei (ZapfChancery-MediumItalic.afm).
Was ist das X-Window-System?
Go to the Ghostview client.
Last update: Thursday, 11-Oct-2001 21:41:06 CEST by
vo