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author | Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-08-10 04:35:29 +0000 |
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committer | Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-08-10 04:35:29 +0000 |
commit | 85f8ed6f8f36d1ce57ab8c188aa57435a074fef2 (patch) | |
tree | eb7571242f35869e53bf96d6f6afa50c8b840a0c /print/txtbdf2ps/pkg-descr | |
parent | 8a583ac17ad7844ca5c0f130fbc8df89d21f944d (diff) |
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diff --git a/print/txtbdf2ps/pkg-descr b/print/txtbdf2ps/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..370a122bf535 --- /dev/null +++ b/print/txtbdf2ps/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This is a perl script that can generate compact, DSC-compliant Postscript out +of a plain text file and a BDF font. The output can be previewed using +Ghostscript under most platforms, or with the Windows shareware program +"ROPS", or printed on Postscript printers, or converted to PDF using "ps2pdf". + +The motivation for creating this script was to be able to print texts in +international character sets. Since it's much easier to create or edit bitmap +(BDF/PCF) fonts than outline fonts, this script allows to print texts using +your own fonts. + +WWW: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/5735/1/txtbdf2ps.html |