RE: font metric information files?

[Henry H Lu <honglu@rt66.com>]

This strange thing thing is that the default 
AFMDIR='/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts'    is correct. here is my *afm files 
in /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts :

bchb.afm*      bchr.afm*      n019003l.afm*  pzdr.afm*      u004006t.afm*
bchbi.afm*     bchri.afm*     n021003l.afm*  u003043t.afm*

still faxsetup will give me this error and textfmt won't run because of 
this error. Why can't hylafax find font metric information file for the 
Courier font?  I installed full package of ghostcript and ghostcript 
fonts from redhat 3.0.3 release.

Henry H Lu
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/3171/

On Tue, 27 May 1997, Dave Neill, Audio-Visual Services, MC: 0504, 619/534-4330 wrote:

> I had the same problem when I recently setup hylafax.  Do a find on "*.afm" and 
> you'll find your font metric files.  Mine were located at:
> 
> /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/F3/afm
> 
> but I have a solaris x86 platform.  You'll probably find them where your X11 
> stuff is located.  When you do, go to /var/spool/fax/etc and edit the 
> setup.cache file to point to the location with the AFMDIR variable - the line in 
> my file reads:
> 
> AFMDIR='/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/F3/afm'
> 
> Make sure Courier and it's cousins, bold and italic are there and you shouldin't 
> get that error again.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Dave
> 
> I got following warning when I fun faxsetup in my standalone redhat linux
> 3.0.3. I use USR sporster fax/data 33.6 modem. I also use this modem for
> ppp dialup to my ISP. 
> 
> "The font metric information file for the Courier font was not found in
> the /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts directory. .......... 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 ..."
> 
> Can anyone telll me where exactly is the font metric information file to 
> download?
> 
> I am new and can anyone tell me whether there is any linux-specific 
> docmentation for hylafax ? I want to occationally send and receive fax 
> when ppp link is off during daytime.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Henry H Lu
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/3171/
> 
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