Re: HELP:Font metric information / courier not found

[Matthias.Apitz@SOFTCON.de]

Peter Bolmehag wrote:
    
    Hi!
    
    
    I=B4m new to this list, so I dunno if this "errror" has been discussed
    recently. Please help me if You know what to do.
    
    
    I=B4ve got a Linux system (2.0.23) with Hylafax v4.0pl1 (Version 4.0 patch
    level 1) and gnu ghostscript with all the std fonts and other fonts I could
    find. When I do faxsetup I can go trough the whole process of configuring
    hylafax, but I always get this message when doing "faxsetup":
    
    Warning: Font metric information files were not found!
    
    The font metric information file for the Courier font was not found in
    the /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts directory.  This means that client HylaFAX
    applic
    ations
    that use this information to format ASCII text for submission as fax will
    use incorrect information and generate potentially illegible facsimile.
    
    If font metric information is present on your system in a directory other
    than /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts then you can setup a symbolic link to the
    approp
    riate
    directory or you can specify the appropriate pathname in the configuration
    file /usr/local/lib/fax/hyla.conf with a line of the form:
    
    FontDir:        someplace_unexpected
    
    If you do not have the font metric information files loaded on your system
    system you can obtain them by public FTP from the place where you obtained
    the HylaFAX software or from the master FTP site at ftp.sgi.com. =20
    
    
    
    
    
    Excerpt from my setup.cache:
    
    # Warning, this file was automatically generated by faxsetup
    # on Tue May 6 19:41:52 MET DST 1997 for root
    AFMDIR=3D'/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts'     =20
    
    
    
    
    
    
    When I do "grep Courirer *.*" in "/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts" I get:
    
    www:/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts# grep Courier *.*
    ncrb.gsf:{} FontDirectory/Courier-Bold known
    ncrb.gsf: {/Courier-Bold findfont dup /UniqueID known
    ncrb.gsf:/FullName(Courier Bold) def
    ncrb.gsf:/FamilyName(Courier) def
    ncrb.gsf:/Notice(Copyright \(c\) IBM Corporation 1990,1991. IBM Courier is
    a Tra
    demark of the IBM Corporation.) def
    ncrb.gsf:/FontName/Courier-Bold def
    ncrbi.gsf:{} FontDirectory/Courier-BoldItalic known
    ncrbi.gsf: {/Courier-BoldItalic findfont dup /UniqueID known
    ncrbi.gsf:/FullName(Courier Bold Italic) def
    ncrbi.gsf:/FamilyName(Courier) def
    ncrbi.gsf:/Notice(Copyright \(c\) IBM Corporation 1990,1991. IBM Courier is
    a Tr
    ademark of the IBM Corporation.) def
    ncrbi.gsf:/FontName/Courier-BoldItalic def
    ncrr.gsf:{} FontDirectory/Courier known
    ncrr.gsf: {/Courier findfont dup /UniqueID known
    ncrr.gsf:/FullName(Courier) def
    ncrr.gsf:/FamilyName(Courier) def
    ncrr.gsf:/Notice(Copyright \(c\) IBM Corporation 1990,1991. IBM Courier is
    a Tra
    demark of the IBM Corporation.) def
    ncrr.gsf:/FontName/Courier def
    ncrri.gsf:{} FontDirectory/Courier-Italic known
    ncrri.gsf: {/Courier-Italic findfont dup /UniqueID known
=
    =20
    ncrri.gsf:/FullName(Courier Italic) def
    ncrri.gsf:/FamilyName(Courier) def
    ncrri.gsf:/Notice(Copyright \(c\) IBM Corporation 1990,1991. IBM Courier is
    a Trademark of the IBM Corporation.) def
    ncrri.gsf:/FontName/Courier-Italic def=20
     =20
    
    
    Any clues?

Yes, just install the AFM files (and read the FAQ at
http://www.vix.com/hylafax/)

	matthias