6. Using type 1 fonts with Ghostscript
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## 6. Using type 1 fonts with Ghostscript

Ghostscript references a font via its `Fontmap` file. This must be modified in a similar way to the X11 `fonts.dir` file. Ghostscript can use either the `.pfa` or the `.pfb` format fonts. Using the font from the previous example, here is how to use it with Ghostscript:

Put the font in Ghostscript's font directory `%` `cd /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts` `%` `ln -s /usr/local/share/fonts/type1/showboat.pfb .` Edit Fontmap so Ghostscript knows about the font `%` `cd /usr/local/share/ghostscript/4.01` `%` `ex Fontmap :$a /Showboat (showboat.pfb) ; % From CICA /fonts/atm/showboat . :wq` Use Ghostscript to examine the font `%` `gs prfont.ps` Aladdin Ghostscript 4.01 (1996-7-10) Copyright (C) 1996 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. Loading Times-Roman font from /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/tir_____.pfb... /1899520 581354 1300084 13826 0 done. GS>`Showboat DoFont` Loading Showboat font from /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/showboat.pfb... 1939688 565415 1300084 16901 0 done. >>showpage, press <return> to continue<< >>showpage, press <return> to continue<< >>showpage, press <return> to continue<< GS>`quit`

References: `fonts.txt` in the Ghostscript 4.01 distribution

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