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Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Cc: daniel at bicho dot synchrodesign dot com
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:57:49 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: font problems with xpdf and gv
- References: <200409280516.i8S5GQw01261@bicho.synchrodesign.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Daniel Senderowicz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed the latest version of cygwin on an XP system.
> Except for a problem which is explained in the FAQ related to the
> re-installation of the fonts, everything went quite smoothly.
> However, I ran into problems when running 'gv' and 'xpdf'. 'gv'
> pops a window saying "unknown device x11" and comes back with the
Search the mailing list for "gv unknown device x11" It will show you
lots of postings (even from last week)
> following messages in the standard error:
>
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct
This is just a warning. The font name is wrong. ISO08859 has an extra "0" which leads
to errors.
bye
ago
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