Reusing fonts from WP8pe in current linux

Hi folks,

First post.

It's been some time now since I've used my old copy of
WordPerfect 8.0 Personal Edition. I usually use the OpenOffice
suite these days.

However, I've been looking to install more fonts for OpenOffice
and make them accessible to other programs like Gimp and Inkscape
through X and defoma. I recalled that my WordPerfect disk had a fine
selection of fonts (130). They're quite accessible on disk but I'm
not sure how to install them. (Basically they are .afm and .pfb
files for Type 1 fonts.)

I'm sure there must be a way to install and access these
fonts on a current linux distro. But I sure can't find it.
Everything I see relates to the 8.1 version.

Can anyone help me out here? Basically what I think I need
to know is how to tell defoma about the fonts so that it
recognizes them.

What do I need to do to find peace and happiness and
achieve enlightment?

         tia,

         b.

Bill M. wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> First post.
> 
> It's been some time now since I've used my old copy of
> WordPerfect 8.0 Personal Edition. I usually use the OpenOffice
> suite these days.
> 
> However, I've been looking to install more fonts for OpenOffice
> and make them accessible to other programs like Gimp and Inkscape
> through X and defoma. I recalled that my WordPerfect disk had a fine
> selection of fonts (130). They're quite accessible on disk but I'm
> not sure how to install them. (Basically they are .afm and .pfb
> files for Type 1 fonts.)
> 
> I'm sure there must be a way to install and access these
> fonts on a current linux distro. But I sure can't find it.
> Everything I see relates to the 8.1 version.
> 
> Can anyone help me out here? Basically what I think I need
> to know is how to tell defoma about the fonts so that it
> recognizes them.
> 
> What do I need to do to find peace and happiness and
> achieve enlightment?
> 
>         tia,
> 
>         b.
> 


Some further information:

I've run:

defoma-hints -c --no-question type1 path-to-fonts/*   \
	> /etc/defoma/hints/myfontfile.hints

The response was:

Wait for second...
Some information aren't found in 0208a___.afm.
Aborting..

So no go. So far.

	b.

Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:47:55 -0700
> "Bill M." <bill3@uniserve.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've been looking to install more fonts for OpenOffice and make them
>>accessible to other programs like Gimp and Inkscape through X and
>>defoma. I recalled that my WordPerfect disk had a fine selection of
>>fonts (130). They're quite accessible on disk but I'm not sure how to
>>install them. (Basically they are .afm and .pfb files for Type 1
>>fonts.)
> 
> 
> You're still on Debian Sarge, right?  You could use one of the font
> install programs that KDE and Gnome offer, such as kfontinstall, or do
> the following as root:
> 
> - put both the .afm and .pfb (or .pfa) files into
>      /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> - cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
> - update-fonts-scale ./
> - update-fonts-dir ./
> - fc-cache
> 
> 
> However, I would suggest to upgrade to Lenny, then just put both files
> into  /usr/local/share/fonts/type1  (system wide)
> or   ~/.fonts/type1  (per user).
> 

Well maybe etch ;->>

This worked perfectly Sjoerd, Thanks muchly.

	b.

Bill M. wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> First post.
> 
> It's been some time now since I've used my old copy of
> WordPerfect 8.0 Personal Edition. I usually use the OpenOffice
> suite these days.
> 
> However, I've been looking to install more fonts for OpenOffice
> and make them accessible to other programs like Gimp and Inkscape
> through X and defoma. I recalled that my WordPerfect disk had a fine
> selection of fonts (130). They're quite accessible on disk but I'm
> not sure how to install them. (Basically they are .afm and .pfb
> files for Type 1 fonts.)
> 
> I'm sure there must be a way to install and access these
> fonts on a current linux distro. But I sure can't find it.
> Everything I see relates to the 8.1 version.
> 
> Can anyone help me out here? Basically what I think I need
> to know is how to tell defoma about the fonts so that it
> recognizes them.
> 
> What do I need to do to find peace and happiness and
> achieve enlightment?
> 
>         tia,
> 
>         b.
> 

From: http://linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/nondownloadwp8.html#FONTS81

5.6. How do I add fonts to WP 8.1?

First, as the root user, physically place them in 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ , or wherever system-wide Type 1 fonts 
go on your distribution. While in that directory, run "type1inst" 
(usually in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1), then "mkfontdir". The
fonts 
will now be available to all applications using PostScript Type 1 fonts.

Last, run the WP font installer "/usr/lib/wp8/shbin10/wpfi" (creating

/usr/lib/wp8/shlib10/wp.drs, the WP font map).

Alternatively instead of the last step, start xwp with the -admin (or 
-adm) command-line option. On the Format menu, pick Fonts. You'll find a 
button to select and then install (into WP's internal list of known 
fonts) fonts from a list of those available. Exit xwp. Or, instead of 
"xwp -admin", run /usr/lib/wp8/shbin10/xwpfi . (This works for 
PostScript Type 1 fonts only, not TrueType.)

Leon A. Goldstein's HOWTO for installing WP 8.x on Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 
/ eDesk 2.4 covers this matter in much greater detail: 
http://linux-sxs.org/utilities/wp8.html

Please note also that ideally you'll be adding any fonts to any WP 8.x 
version twice, once as a screen font and once as a printer font. This 
matter is covered comprehensively by Rod Smith at 
http://www.rodsbooks.com/wpfonts/.
....

To summarize, after copying your T1 fonts to 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 (or wherever T1 fonts are located in your 
distro)

1. Execute cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 ;  execute type1inst

2. Execute /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir

3. Execute /usr/lib/wp8/shbin10/wpfi

NOTE: this creates the file /usr/lib/wp8/shlib10/wp.drs

Unfortunately, this does not work with newer distro's, e.g. Fedora 6.

James R. Tyrer has written some scripts to handle the newer distros.

Here is a copy of JRT's post:

You don't need to use type1install any more with new versions of X11R7.

You can:

     mkfontscale -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings -f 90

     mkfontdir -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings

{Your: "encodings" path might be different"}

This doesn't make a "Fontmap" file.  I use a script to do this: txfm.

This script has dependencies!!  You need to install some font utilities 
packages to use it.

Actually I use: "install-fonts" to do the whole job.

If you use odd fonts, you will find a bug in "mkfontscale" as shipped

with X.org because they haven't applied my patch like XFree86 has.





#!/bin/bash

echo "" > $PWD/Fontmap

for file in $PWD/*
do
if [ -f "$file" ]; then

         if [ -f f_o_n_t.pfa ]; then
     	rm -f f_o_n_t.pfa
         fi

         font=`basename $file .ttf`
         if [ -f $font.ttf ]; then
     	    echo -n "font = "$font.ttf"     "
	    fontline=`ttf2pt1 -GA -l adobestd -b -p ttf $font.ttf - 2>/dev/null 
|grep FontName`
	    fontname=`echo $fontline 2>/dev/null  |  sed -e 's/FontName* //'`
	    echo "fontname = "$fontname
	    fontname="/$fontname"
	    echo $fontname"	($font.ttf) ;" >> $PWD/Fontmap
         fi

         font=`basename $file .pfa`
         if [ -f $font.pfa ]; then
     	    echo -n "font = "$font.pfa"     "
    	    fontline=`cat $font.pfa 2>/dev/null  |grep FontName`
     	    fontname=`echo $fontline 2>/dev/null  | sed -e 's/\/FontName* 
//' | sed 's/ def//'`
	    echo $fontname"	($font.pfa) ;" >> $PWD/Fontmap
	    fontname=`echo $fontname 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/\/*//'`
	    echo "fontname = "$fontname
         fi

         font=`basename $file .pfb`
         if [ -f $font.pfb ]; then
	    pfb2pfa $font.pfb
	    mv $font.pfa f_o_n_t.pfa
	    echo -n "font = "$font.pfb"     "
	    fontline=`cat f_o_n_t.pfa 2>/dev/null  |grep FontName`
     	    fontname=`echo $fontline 2>/dev/null  | sed -e 's/\/FontName* 
//' | sed 's/ def//'`
	    echo $fontname"	($font.pfb) ;" >> $PWD/Fontmap
	    fontname=`echo $fontname 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/\/*//'`
	    echo "fontname = "$fontname
         fi

         if [ -f f_o_n_t.pfa ]; then
	    rm -f f_o_n_t.pfa
         fi
fi

done

echo "" >> $PWD/Fontmap

if [ -f f_o_n_t.pfa ]; then
     rm -f f_o_n_t.pfa
fi



#! /bin/bash
echo ""
echo "MAKING fonts.scale"
mkfontscale -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings -f 90
echo ""
echo "MAKING fonts.dir"
mkfontdir -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings
echo ""
echo "MAKING Fontmap"
echo ""
txfm
echo ""
echo "DONE"
echo ""
exit








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In my previous post the names of JRT's two scripts are not listed:
The first script is "txfm" and the second one is his
"install-fonts"

If you parse the second script - install-fonts - you will notice it 
invokes the first script -txfm.


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