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Re: Font problem

To: b.stolk@xxxxxxxxx (b.stolk)
Subject: Re: Font problem
From: jlim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jonathan Lim)
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 14:36:30 -0800 (PST)
Cc: info-inventor-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <3A0EE605.47217CB0@xxxxxxxxx> from "b.stolk" at Nov 12, 2000 07:48:37 PM
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On Sun Nov 12 10:48:37 2000, b.stolk@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Tom wrote:
> 
> >one thing you can try is to symlink
> >/usr/lib/DPS/outline/base/Utopia-Regular to
> >/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/UTRG____.pfa
> 
> It seems that the Utopia fonts were pulled from the
> Debian distribution due to licensing problems.

I take it the fonts were not removed from the Red Hat distribution. One
solution would be for us to make them available by FTP.

> This means that the fix suggested by Tom will not work
> on a recent debian installation.
>
> Someone mentioned that libFL is looking for these fonts?
> Or is the fallback onto Utopia done by Inventor itself?

The latter ...

> If the latter is the case, I would switch the fall back
> font to something that is not hampered with copyright
> problems.

I would rather not make source code changes each time some distribution drops
or adds something.


              Jonathan Lim  _  Silicon Graphics  _  Mountain View
              GPS Graphics     Computer Systems        CA, USA

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