| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
We are trying to set up a GPX to serve as a Vaxcluster Console System for our computer room. Decwindows appears to work fine. However, the system seems to be missing some needed fonts for the labels in the VCS Monitor interface. I'm a bit perplexed as this system is running the same software as my microvax 3100 workstation ...and I don't have any problem loading the default fonts. On the GPX, the graphics are available that show the systems...but no system labels can be displayed for lack of available fonts. I am apparently missing these fonts...but HOW? Advise will be appreciated.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3116.1 | More info needed | STAR::VATNE | Peter Vatne, VMS Development | Mon Jul 23 1990 16:24 | 8 |
Do a directory of SYS$COMMON:[SYSFONT.DECW.*]*.DECW$FONT on both systems, and post the totals here. In particular, I am wondering if VCS has its own private fonts. If not, we can check to see if you are missing any of the standard fonts. Is VCS giving any error messages about missing fonts? Are there any strange error messages in SYS$MANAGER:DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG? | |||||
| 3116.2 | 75 DPI fonts needed | VINO::MCARLETON | Reality; what a concept! | Mon Jul 23 1990 17:17 | 41 |
The following is the list of fonts that VCS uses. You may have a
problem if your system does not have 75 DPI fonts loaded. The fonts
are hard coded at 75 DPI so that the labels will not change size
when the C3 window is displayed on a 100 DPI system.
MJC
globaldef readonly char *font_name[] = {
/* 00 */ "VARIABLE",
/* 01 */ "FIXED",
/* 02 */ "-Bielow & Holmes-Menu-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-75-75-P-*",
/* 03 */ "-Bielow & Holmes-Menu-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-75-75-P-*",
/* 04 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Medium-R-Normal-*-100-75-75-M-*",
/* 05 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Medium-R-Normal-*-120-75-75-M-*",
/* 06 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Bold-R-Normal-*-120-75-75-M-*",
/* 07 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Medium-O-Normal-*-120-75-75-M-*",
/* 08 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Medium-R-Normal-*-140-75-75-M-*",
/* 09 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Bold-R-Normal-*-140-75-75-M-*",
/* 10 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Medium-O-Normal-*-140-75-75-M-*",
/* 11 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Medium-R-Normal-*-240-75-75-M-*",
/* 12 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Bold-R-Normal--*-240-75-75-M-*",
/* 13 */ "-Adobe-Courier-Medium-O-Normal--*-240-75-75-M-*",
/* 14 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal-*-120-75-75-P-*",
/* 15 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-100-75-75-P-*",
/* 16 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Medium-O-Normal-*-120-75-75-P-*",
/* 17 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal-*-140-75-75-P-*",
/* 18 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-140-75-75-P-*",
/* 19 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Medium-O-Normal--*-140-75-75-P-*",
/* 20 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal-*-240-75-75-P-*",
/* 21 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-240-75-75-P-*",
/* 22 */ "-ADOBE-Helvetica-Medium-O-Normal-*-240-75-75-P-*",
/* 23 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Medium-R-Normal-*-120-75-75-P-*",
/* 24 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Bold-R-Normal-*-120-75-75-P-*",
/* 25 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Medium-I-Normal-*-120-75-75-P-*",
/* 26 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Medium-R-Normal-*-140-75-75-P-*",
/* 27 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Bold-R-Normal-*-140-75-75-P-*",
/* 28 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Medium-I-Normal-*-140-75-75-P-*",
/* 29 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Medium-R-Normal-*-240-75-75-P-*",
/* 30 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Bold-R-Normal-*-240-75-75-P-*",
/* 31 */ "-ADOBE-Times-Medium-I-Normal-*-240-75-75-P-*",
};
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| 3116.3 | CLTMAX::dick | Schoeller - Failed Xperiment | Tue Jul 24 1990 09:27 | 9 | |
When setting up a 100 dpi system, you have the option to leave out the 75 dpi fonts. This may have been done. I would recommend that VCS be changed to wildcard the resolutions as well as the point sizes. ie: -Adobe-Courier-Medium-R-Normal-*-100-*-*-M-* Also, I assume that the "Bielow & Holmes" is a transfer error and "Bigelow & Holmes" was intended. Dick | |||||
| 3116.4 | Fixed size icons -> fixed font size | VINO::MCARLETON | Reality; what a concept! | Tue Jul 24 1990 12:04 | 19 |
Re: .3
The VCS C3 application uses icons that are a fixed size in pixels. If
we wildcarded the resolutions, the labels would change size and the
icons would not. We decided it would be better to require that the
75 DPI fonts be loaded on the server.
The typo in 'Bigelow & Holmes' was not noticed because the menu fonts
are never used by the code. They were placed there to fill out the
table.
The program is supposed to fail over to the "VARIABLE" font if the
requested font fails. I'll have to look into why the failover font
did not work. We have learned enough about fonts since the original
label feature was coded to make it much cleaner in the next version.
MJC
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| 3116.5 | CLTMAX::dick | Schoeller - Failed Xperiment | Tue Jul 24 1990 15:18 | 8 | |
If you need a particular size in pixels, specify it. You don't need to specify dpi. The pixel stuff will take over. It is probable that there is a 100dpi font with the same size in pixels as the one you are looking for but not guaranteed. Since the fonts are all bitmap fonts, it is a small change to change a 14 pixel 75dpi font to a 14 pixel 100dpi font. The name diffence will be in the resolution and the point size. Dick | |||||