Re: Frequent Warning messages using gv
On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 13:09:47 -0400, Ken Brown wrote:
On 10/8/2022 9:01 AM, Jon Turney wrote:
Installing 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75' and/or 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100' will
probably resolve these warnings.
It's unclear to me if gv needs a dependency on more font packages or
not, since the PS could be using any fonts?
I could go either way on this. On the one hand, gv is a postscript
viewer and has no control over what fonts it might be asked to
display. On the other hand, gv is intended to be run under X11, so
maybe it should require the most basic X11 fonts.
gv requires ghostscript which requires ghostscript-fonts-other and
urw-base35-fonts which should provide a fallback from Helvetica to Nimbus.
Perhaps for older apps and documents urw-base35-fonts-legacy could or
should (also) be included?
Could that solve the problem, or would it still require
xorg-x11-fonts-dpi{75,100)?
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Re: Frequent Warning messages using gv
Thank you. Installing these two packages has done the trick, at least for the several files that previously generated warning messages. Sent via Outlook on my Asus ZenFone 8 From: Jon Turney Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2022 2:01:50 PM To: Fergus Daly ; The Cygwin Mailing List Subject: Re: Frequent Warning messages using gv On 05/10/2022 06:45, Fergus Daly wrote: > Whenever I use gv on a PostScript file as in > $ gv filename.ps > then a (usually) successful display is (almost invariably) accompanied by > Warning messages about font conversions. > It is not obvious what limitations or errors are affecting the displayed > output, if any, and I have got into the habit > of issuing the command with the qualifier > $ gv filename.ps 2> /dev/null > However: the Warning messages whilst occasionally very esoteric nearly always > include the form > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Is there some additional fonts package or group of packages that I could > usefully incorporate into my Cygwin setup that > would reduce warnings when using gv? (And maybe improve the rendering of > outputs.) > My directory /usr/share/fonts/microsoft/ contains 120+ ttf links, though none > looking anything like helv*. Installing 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75' and/or 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100' will probably resolve these warnings. It's unclear to me if gv needs a dependency on more font packages or not, since the PS could be using any fonts? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Frequent Warning messages using gv
On 10/8/2022 9:01 AM, Jon Turney wrote: On 05/10/2022 06:45, Fergus Daly wrote: Whenever I use gv on a PostScript file as in $ gv filename.ps then a (usually) successful display is (almost invariably) accompanied by Warning messages about font conversions. It is not obvious what limitations or errors are affecting the displayed output, if any, and I have got into the habit of issuing the command with the qualifier $ gv filename.ps 2> /dev/null However: the Warning messages whilst occasionally very esoteric nearly always include the form Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Is there some additional fonts package or group of packages that I could usefully incorporate into my Cygwin setup that would reduce warnings when using gv? (And maybe improve the rendering of outputs.) My directory /usr/share/fonts/microsoft/ contains 120+ ttf links, though none looking anything like helv*. Installing 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75' and/or 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100' will probably resolve these warnings. It's unclear to me if gv needs a dependency on more font packages or not, since the PS could be using any fonts? I could go either way on this. On the one hand, gv is a postscript viewer and has no control over what fonts it might be asked to display. On the other hand, gv is intended to be run under X11, so maybe it should require the most basic X11 fonts. Ken -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Frequent Warning messages using gv
On 10/8/2022 8:57 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 06:46, Fergus Daly wrote: Whenever I use gv on a PostScript file as in $ gv filename.ps then a (usually) successful display is (almost invariably) accompanied by Warning messages about font conversions. It is not obvious what limitations or errors are affecting the displayed output, if any, and I have got into the habit of issuing the command with the qualifier $ gv filename.ps 2> /dev/null However: the Warning messages whilst occasionally very esoteric nearly always include the form Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Is there some additional fonts package or group of packages that I could usefully incorporate into my Cygwin setup that would reduce warnings when using gv? (And maybe improve the rendering of outputs.) My directory /usr/share/fonts/microsoft/ contains 120+ ttf links, though none looking anything like helv*. I doubt it. I'm not familiar with gv, but this looks like you're trying to process documents that incorporate Helvetica, in a way that requires having the font files, without having the font files. Helvetica is a trademark, and the font files are under copyright, so no Cygwin package is going to be able to include the fonts or even include substitutes with matching filenames. You *might* be able to add symlinks from the missing Helvetica files to more readily available metric-identical alternatives you already have access to, e.g. Arial, MS Sans Serif, or Liberation Sans. Otherwise I suspect you need to either avoid processing files that incorporate fonts you don't own, or buy copies of the relevant Helvetica typefaces. Something I might try first is researching how fontconfig can allow you to set up substitutions. Cheers - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Frequent Warning messages using gv
On 05/10/2022 06:45, Fergus Daly wrote: Whenever I use gv on a PostScript file as in $ gv filename.ps then a (usually) successful display is (almost invariably) accompanied by Warning messages about font conversions. It is not obvious what limitations or errors are affecting the displayed output, if any, and I have got into the habit of issuing the command with the qualifier $ gv filename.ps 2> /dev/null However: the Warning messages whilst occasionally very esoteric nearly always include the form Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Is there some additional fonts package or group of packages that I could usefully incorporate into my Cygwin setup that would reduce warnings when using gv? (And maybe improve the rendering of outputs.) My directory /usr/share/fonts/microsoft/ contains 120+ ttf links, though none looking anything like helv*. Installing 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75' and/or 'xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100' will probably resolve these warnings. It's unclear to me if gv needs a dependency on more font packages or not, since the PS could be using any fonts? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Frequent Warning messages using gv
On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 06:46, Fergus Daly wrote: > Whenever I use gv on a PostScript file as in > $ gv filename.ps > then a (usually) successful display is (almost invariably) accompanied by > Warning messages about font conversions. > It is not obvious what limitations or errors are affecting the displayed > output, if any, and I have got into the habit > of issuing the command with the qualifier > $ gv filename.ps 2> /dev/null > However: the Warning messages whilst occasionally very esoteric nearly always > include the form > Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct > Is there some additional fonts package or group of packages that I could > usefully incorporate into my Cygwin setup that > would reduce warnings when using gv? (And maybe improve the rendering of > outputs.) > My directory /usr/share/fonts/microsoft/ contains 120+ ttf links, though none > looking anything like helv*. I doubt it. I'm not familiar with gv, but this looks like you're trying to process documents that incorporate Helvetica, in a way that requires having the font files, without having the font files. Helvetica is a trademark, and the font files are under copyright, so no Cygwin package is going to be able to include the fonts or even include substitutes with matching filenames. You *might* be able to add symlinks from the missing Helvetica files to more readily available metric-identical alternatives you already have access to, e.g. Arial, MS Sans Serif, or Liberation Sans. Otherwise I suspect you need to either avoid processing files that incorporate fonts you don't own, or buy copies of the relevant Helvetica typefaces. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Frequent Warning messages using gv
Whenever I use gv on a PostScript file as in $ gv filename.ps then a (usually) successful display is (almost invariably) accompanied by Warning messages about font conversions. It is not obvious what limitations or errors are affecting the displayed output, if any, and I have got into the habit of issuing the command with the qualifier $ gv filename.ps 2> /dev/null However: the Warning messages whilst occasionally very esoteric nearly always include the form Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct Is there some additional fonts package or group of packages that I could usefully incorporate into my Cygwin setup that would reduce warnings when using gv? (And maybe improve the rendering of outputs.) My directory /usr/share/fonts/microsoft/ contains 120+ ttf links, though none looking anything like helv*. Thank you. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
