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Re: Help - error converting to fax format




I also solved this problem by downloading the afm fonts and installing it
in /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts.

 

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Matthew Rice wrote:

> This should probably be put into the (Linux portion of the?) FAQ. If it
> isn't already.  This is on Linux, right?
> 
> Anyway if you try to run textfmt(1) by hand you can do an strace(1) on it.
> Here's an excerpt from a previous e-mail:
> 
> /********** BEGIN EXCERPT *****************/
> I did a trace on textfmt here and it doesn't seem to be opening the
> Fontmap file.  I get:
> 
> open("/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/Courier.afm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/Courier", O_RDONLY) = 7
> 
> You could try putting a link from ncrb.gsf to Courier.
> /********** END EXCERPT ******************/
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> > Could someone give me a quick hint on what to check here?  This was
> > emailed to me by the fax daemon, but it makes no sense to me (yet 8^)
> > 
> > Thanks!!!  Text follows:
> > 
> > 
> > Your facsimile job to 12165554308 was not sent because document conversion
> > to facsimile failed.  The output from the converter program was:
> > 
> > Error: /invalidfont in findfont
> > Operand stack:
> >    Helvetica-Bold   15364   --nostringval--   Helvetica-Bold   NimbusSanL-Bold  
> >  Helvetica-Bold   NimbusSanL-Bold
> > Execution stack:
> > ...
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matthew Rice                             e-mail: matthew.rice@ftlsol.com
> 




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