Some fonts work and others dont in linux

[fmw42]

and some of the TTF dont work

Redownload them. Some may be corrupt if you tried to copy them from windows to unix.

[javismiles]

by the way considering that ghostscript.xml file contains the below
that would seem to say that PFB would also work

<type name="AvantGarde-Book" fullname="AvantGarde Book" family="AvantGarde" foundry="URW" weight="400" style="normal" stretch="normal" format="type1" metrics="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010013l.afm" glyphs="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010013l.pfb"/>
<type name="AvantGarde-BookOblique" fullname="AvantGarde Book Oblique" family="AvantGarde" foundry="URW" weight="400" style="oblique" stretch="normal" format="type1" metrics="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010033l.afm" glyphs="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010033l.pfb"/>
<type name="AvantGarde-Demi" fullname="AvantGarde DemiBold" family="AvantGarde" foundry="URW" weight="600" style="normal" stretch="normal" format="type1" metrics="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010015l.afm" glyphs="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010015l.pfb"/>

[fmw42]

Perhaps, but only via ghostscript.

Try adding them to the ghostscript fonts directory and perhaps also to the type-ghostscript.xml file. Again I am not an expert on this.

When configuring IM, you may have to tell IM where to find those fonts. For example here is my ./configure file for IM


./configure --enable-delegate-build --enable-shared --disable-static \
--with-modules --with-quantum-depth=16 --with-gslib --without-wmf \
--disable-silent-rules --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-openmp \
--with-gs-font-dir=/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/ --with-lqr

[javismiles]

oh
i found the reason!!! Murphy is back!! ))

some of the fonts had extension TTF instead of ttf

now they work after changing TTF to ttf!!!

oh my !!!

[fmw42]

good for you. at least it was simple!

you could also have specified them in the IM command as /fullpathtofont/fontname.TTF

but it is easier to have them all the same as .ttf so you don't have to know which to use caps.

[javismiles]

thank you my friend, having you there was very important for me to keep trying
so now TTF works,
only thing left is to make PFB work, im going to try again and see

[fmw42]

Hopefully Anthony or Magick can give you more information about the pfb fonts. This is beyond my understanding at the moment.

[javismiles]

OH MY!
changing the extension of the PFB fonts to pfb, also works!
all fonts work now!
oh wow

murphys lesson!!!
windows doesnt care if extension is in capital letters
Linux CARES!

[fmw42]

glad it all worked out!

[javismiles]

thanks to you!
thank you for bringing me luck and support

[fmw42]

You found the solution. I had nothing to do with it but offer the wrong ideas!

[javismiles]

of course i will have more problems because this moving from windows
to linux server is very very complex
a real mess

well
step by step

[anthony]

oh
i found the reason!!! Murphy is back!! ))

some of the fonts had extension TTF instead of ttf

now they work after changing TTF to ttf!!!

oh my !!!

That is probably a failing of the script. It assumes (rightly) that file suffixes are lowercase under linux