Re: [xep-support] XEP and fonts on Unix (AIX)

From: Nikolai Grigoriev (grig@renderx.com)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 06:08:19 PDT

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    Chris,

    > Should I be able to simply copy my (Windows) TTF fonts
    > over to a directory on the Aix box and point to that directory
    > in fonts.xml?

    Yes. XEP does all the work for parsing TTF itself: there is no
    dependence of system facilities. TTFs are just binary files; if XEP
    is able to locate it, there should be no difference in the formatting
    result between Windows and AIX. The files should be identical
    to the last byte; if they are different, then something is
    wrong in your installation. In the latter case, I would like
    to see a couple of files produced from the same source on
    two platforms. Please send them off-list to support@renderx.com;
    I will try to figure out the cause for them being different.

    Regards,
    Nikolai Grigoriev
    RenderX

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Chris Braddock" <smapdi636@hotmail.com>
    To: <xep-support@renderx.com>
    Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:36 AM
    Subject: [xep-support] XEP and fonts on Unix (AIX)

    Hello. I'm in the process of migrating an application from Win32 to Aix
    4.3.

    It seems to me XEP font configuration is the same on both operating systems.
      My question really is more of one regarding Aix and fonts in general.

    Should I be able to simply copy my (Windows) TTF fonts over to a directory
    on the Aix box and point to that directory in fonts.xml?

    I'm asking because I've already tried this and gotten some strange results
    (text is not rendering properly).

    I'm wondering if Unix only supports certain types of fonts, or if conversion
    is necessary or ???

    Thanks

    Chris Braddock

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