[cups.general] /invalidfont ERROR

[Helge Blischke]

Chris McKeever wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:01:36 +0200, Helge Blischke
> <h.blischke at srz-berlin.de> wrote:
> > Chris McKeever wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > checking the GS install - I am positive that
> > > /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts does not exist.  As to where (or even if
> > > it is) on the system I am a bit blank.  I am not sure what I am
> > > looking for in terms of the contents.  If someone has GS installed and
> > > that directory exists, can you please let me know its contents?  orif
> > > someone knows how to remedy this, that would be great.
> > >
> > > Is there another menthod to get that directory in place at install time?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> >
> > Edit your Fontmap file (gs -h shows the directories it is looking for
> > such files)
> > so that the path names therein point to the real locations of the fonts.
> >
> > Alernatively, you may set the environment variable GS_FONTPATH
> > appropriately,
> > but then gs searches the directories therein every time it starts.
> >
> 
> Helge,
> 
> thanks for your spot-on reply.  After some toying and getting the
> feeling that it definately was a font location issue, I played with
> finding the fonts.
> 
> It turns out that none of the fonts exist on my system.  Do the fonts
> get installed with ghostscript? or are they there from another
> package?  I am using the ESP GS package, if that makes any difference.
> 
> > Helge
> >

I presume at least the 14 standard fonts come with ESP Ghostscript,
but I'm not sure. In any case, there are gs font packages around
with GNU Ghostscript, and I think every Linux distribution offers
a collection of Type1 fonts.

Helge


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