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I installed slack10, and now when I run xpdf with this vewwy important pdf I want to read it says:
Error: Couldn't create a font for 'Helvetica-Bold'
Error: Couldn't create a font for 'Helvetica'
I haven.t had this problem with slack9.1... How can I fix this? fyi I have the font Helvetica installed, because I can use it in openOffice...
but still when I try to run xpdf it gives the same error... s whole bunch of
Error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
Error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
Error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
Error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
Error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
Error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
Error: Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
doesn.t work, still the same error... what could this be...
fc-list lists helvetica fonts, and I can select it with xfontsel... and the strangest thing is that I could use it in slack 9.1
I run xpdf version 3.0 fine in Slack 10. Have a look in $HOME/.xpdfrc - there is some stuff in there about mapping font names to fonts, which may well be what you need.
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