xpdf help

Jonathan Chen jonc at chen.org.nz
Wed Jun 23 21:04:10 PDT 2004


On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 11:58:43AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote:
> For some reason, xpdf (version 3.00, as installed on FreeBSD 4.9 by
> the ports system) can't find the Courier, Times, Helvetica and Symbol
> fonts that are built into it. Using xfontsel to try the selectors
> listed in xpdfrc finds the fonts just fine.
> 
> Clues? Hints? Anything?

You need to install ghostscript-gnu for the fonts. I've asked the
maintainer to put a note into the port about this, but he's not
listening..
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                                                 Twice is coincidence.
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