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<H2><A NAME="info"></A> <A NAME="s7">7. Related info</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="fontserver"></A> <A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 How to use a font server</A>
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<P>A font server is a net service that provides a set of X11 fonts
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with a simple protocol. It can be queried which fonts it provides and
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will supply the font bitmap data on request.
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<P>You might want to use a font server to provide the X server with a
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modified cursor font, instead of telling it where to find the font on
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the file system.
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<P>This method is especially handy if you use several machines that don't
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share a common file system or if you use X terminals that support
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the font server protocol.
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<P>A font server program and associated tools comes with the X11R5+
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distribution (AFAIK).
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<H3><A NAME="fsconfig"></A> Setting up a font server</H3>
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<P>Read the manual pages <EM>fs(1)</EM>, <EM>fslsfonts(1)</EM> (or
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<EM>xfs(1)</EM>, <EM>xfslsfonts(1)</EM> under X11R6) and try it—it isn't
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hard. Say, you are running the server on host <CODE>some.host.edu</CODE>
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on port 7100. You can test the setup with the command
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<P><CODE>fslsfonts -server some.host.edu:7100</CODE>
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<P>To actually use the server issue the command
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<P><CODE>xset +fp tcp/some.host.edu:7100</CODE>
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<P>which should return without an error message.
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<H2><A NAME="getbdf"></A> <A NAME="ss7.2">7.2 How to get the bdf source for some font</A>
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<P>If you have set up a font server simply use <CODE>fstobdf</CODE> which
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comes with the font server.
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<P>Alternatively you may try <CODE>getbdf</CODE> which can dump any installed
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X11 font to a bdf file.
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