Fonts - Using ObjecTime fonts with Mac-X

Installation

All Versions

Mac-X does not use the standard X fonts the way a normal X terminal would. Instead, Mac-X requires you to load a special version of the fonts you wish to use onto your Mac - like all the other normal Mac fonts.

In order to do this, Mac-X includes a utility to convert the source code for the font (the .bdf file) into the format that the Mac requires. This utility is available in the "Font" menu item of the "Edit" menu in Mac-X.

So, to get the fonts loaded on your Mac you will have to:

• ftp down the .bdf version of the fonts from our server. You need to ftp these files in ASCII mode. There are 5 font (.bdf) files and one 'fonts.alias' file.
• run the Mac-X conversion on these fonts ("Fonts" command from "Edit" menu. Then do a new font and select the directory where the bdf fonts are stored). You will also need to specify an alias for each of the fonts. The X aliases for fonts would normally be found in the 'fonts.alias' file. Since Mac-X does not read this file, you will have to type the information from this file into Mac-X directly. The aliases you need to specify are as follows:

  font    alias
  otl10b  -objectime-otl-bold-r-normal--12-100-75-75-p-60-iso8859-1
  otl10s  -objectime-otl-ultrabold-r-normal--12-100-75-75-p-60-iso8859-1
  otl10r  -objectime-otl-normal-r-normal--12-100-75-75-p-60-iso8859-1
  otl10t  -objectime-otl-ultralight-r-normal--12-100-75-75-p-60-iso8859-1
  otl10i  -objectime-otl-normal-i-normal--12-100-75-75-p-60-iso8859-1

You need to type these aliases exactly with no spaces. The best way to enter these strings is probably to open up the file with a text editor, and copy the strings directly from the file into Mac-X.

• install the fonts on your Mac

Important Notes:

You can obtain the font files from the ObjecTime ftp site.

When using Mac-X, you shouldn't use the Unix 'xset +fp ...' command to set the font path, as this may cause problems when starting up ObjecTime.