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How can I use bdf fonts with Emacs?

April 26, 2017bdf Emacs fonts

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How can I use bdf fonts with Emacs?

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To use bdf fonts with Emacs, you need to tell Emacs where the fonts are located, create fontsets for them, and then use them. We’ll use the 16 dot international fonts from ftp.gnu.org/intlfonts as an example put together by Jason Rumney Download the 16dots.tar.gz file and unpack it; I’ll assume that they are in “c:\intlfonts”. Then set w32-bdf-filename-alist to the list of fonts returned by using w32-find-bdf-fonts to enumerate all of the font files. It is a good idea to set the variable bdf-directory-list at the same time so ps-print knows where to find the fonts: (setq bdf-directory-list ‘(“c:/intlfonts/Asian” “c:/intlfonts/Chinese” “c:/intlfonts/Chinese-X” “c:/intlfonts/Ethiopic” “c:/intlfonts/European” “c:/intlfonts/Japanese” “c:/intlfonts/Japanese-X” “c:/intlfonts/Korean-X” “c:/intlfonts/Misc/”)) (setq w32-bdf-filename-alist (w32-find-bdf-fonts bdf-directory-list)) Then create fontsets for the BDF fonts: (create-fontset-from-fontset-spec “-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-

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To use bdf fonts with Emacs, you need to tell Emacs where the fonts are located, create fontsets for them, and then use them. We’ll use the 16 dot international fonts from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/intlfonts as an example put together by Jason Rumney. Download the 16dots.tar.gz file and unpack it; I’ll assume that they are in “c:\intlfonts”. Then set w32-bdf-filename-alist to the list of fonts returned by using w32-find-bdf-fonts to enumerate all of the font files.