font problems with xpdf and gv

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Daniel Senderowicz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just installed the latest version of cygwin on an XP system.
> Except for a problem which is explained in the FAQ related to the
> re-installation of the fonts, everything went quite smoothly.
> However, I ran into problems when running 'gv' and 'xpdf'. 'gv'
> pops a window saying "unknown device x11" and comes back with the

Search the mailing list for "gv unknown device x11" It will show you
lots of postings (even from last week)

> following messages in the standard error:
> 
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-p-*-ISO08859-1" to type FontStruct

This is just a warning. The font name is wrong. ISO08859 has an extra "0" which leads
to errors.

bye
	ago
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