[Skencil-users] Re: [Sketch-list] 0.6.x on Mandriva Font solution

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi JoelV,


On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 03:52:10AM -0500, jbiddier wrote:
> Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> >finally I figured out how to create good .sfd files for Skencil 0.6.
> >and attached is the font solution for Mandriva.
> >Tested on Mandrive 2006.0.
> > 
> Good. 

new on this one, I have placed my solution on
ftp://intevation.de/users/bernhard/skencil/mandriva/ , too.
I did not find all the other trackers appropriate enough.
And I have filed a new mandriva bug after fighting their bug tracking system.
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20899

> I will be providing SFDs for Solaris 8 and SuSE 9.x on my fontdoc 
> page (Solaris 9 and 10 will come later).

Very nice!

> It would be a good idea to have a central location for these files on 
> the main website (organized by OS/Version).

In an ideal world, the packagers for the different versions
would have make the installation package use the right ones.
We can add all the platform specific hints on the download page
for a start. Maybe we even find a better workflow for this on wald,
where we could even do some dynamic pages.
Are you registered on wald? You could use the documentation section
to upload stuff already.

> The font document WILL be posted in the next two weeks or so.
> My word has been "mud" on this claim several times - but things keep 
> coming up.
> This time no joke, it will be posted (come hail or high water).

This is all volunteer work, though no one will blame you,
but of course, I hope the best. ;)

> I have a script (that accompanies the font document and is discussed in 
> the document) that makes SFDs from a fonts.scale or fonts.dir file and 
> the AFMs files
> (PFB name must be same as AFM or it is ignored - no aliases).
> It is not polished yet, but should work. This method of creating a SFD 
> ensures the XLFD names match bet/w Skencil and X11.

Also another addition to our tools,
can you add this as patch to the wald project tracker?
I hope Bernhard H. will place both scripts in the Tools directory.

> http://home.comcast.net/~jbiddier/fontdoc/code/mksfd.py

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