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Old 03-12-2010, 07:34 AM   #1
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How Do I Add Font Paths to XPDF

So, Adobe Reader ain't available for 64-bit so I'm stuck with XPDF (or Okular, which is better than XPDF) and most stuff won't print worth a hoot. I've been reading the manual pages and somewhere or other I'm missing some thing about adding font paths (or replacing the default font paths). I have the complete Adobe Type Library plus TTF's installed in /usr/local/share/fonts (and they work just fine with OpenOffice.org) but I can't seem to figure out how to get them or the Slackware-provided fonts available to XPDF.

Any hints?
 
Old 03-12-2010, 08:13 AM   #2
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regarding okular, it doen't have specific option to install font paths. But it was able to show all types of fonts available in my system.
 
Old 03-12-2010, 08:58 AM   #3
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For xpdf, try changing the font path in /etc/xpdfrc from /usr/share/ghostscript to /usr/share/libwmf
This enables commonly used Windows fonts.
Code:
bash-4.1$ diff /etc/xpdfrc.new /etc/xpdfrc                                                                                                         
32,45c32,45                                                                                                                                        
< displayFontT1 Times-Roman             /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021003l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Times-Italic            /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Times-Bold              /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Times-BoldItalic                /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pfb                                                          
< displayFontT1 Helvetica                       /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb                                                          
< displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique               /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb                                                          
< displayFontT1 Helvetica-Bold          /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Helvetica-BoldOblique   /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019024l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Courier                 /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Courier-Oblique         /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Courier-Bold            /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Courier-BoldOblique     /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022024l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 Symbol                  /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/s050000l.pfb                                                                  
< displayFontT1 ZapfDingbats            /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/d050000l.pfb                                                                  
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> displayFontT1 Times-Roman             /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n021003l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Times-Italic            /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n021023l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Times-Bold              /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n021004l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Times-BoldItalic                /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n021024l.pfb                                                               
> displayFontT1 Helvetica                       /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n019003l.pfb                                                               
> displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique               /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n019023l.pfb                                                               
> displayFontT1 Helvetica-Bold          /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n019004l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Helvetica-BoldOblique   /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n019024l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Courier                 /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n022003l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Courier-Oblique         /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n022023l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Courier-Bold            /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n022004l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Courier-BoldOblique     /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/n022024l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 Symbol                  /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/s050000l.pfb                                                                       
> displayFontT1 ZapfDingbats            /usr/share/libwmf/fonts/d050000l.pfb
 
Old 03-13-2010, 04:20 PM   #4
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Thanks for the hint about libwmf -- makes XPDF almost (almost) look decent and it seems to print better than in did.

O where O where is Adobe Reader for 64-bit...
 
  


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