specifying fonts to enscript

Joe josephj at main.nc.us
Mon May 3 09:11:38 EDT 2004


I'm printing the man page now.  It looks good, but it still doesn't tell 
me where to get the font names.

Joe

Dave Andruczyk wrote:

>Why not use mpage?  Pretty powerful and you can specify fonts on the command
>line if the courier font doesn't suit you.
>
>for example to print /etc/group I use "mpage -1 /etc/group |lpr -Plaserjet"
>
>you can set environment vars so you don't have to use the "|lpr -P printername"
>it's all in the man page. (man mpage).  It can even squeze up to 8 pages on 1
>sheet,  but then you need eyes like bob meyer's to be able to read it.. :)
>
>
>--- Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi.  I have a shell script that executes enscript to print text files.  
>>I wrote it a while ago and can't remember where I got the font name 
>>from.  Where do I find the name for Luxi Mono for example or any other 
>>font I want to give it?  The current command that works is:
>>
>>  enscript -Z --silent --word-wrap --margins=50:50:: --header='$n | Page 
>>$% of $= | Modified $D $T' -fTimes-Roman14 -FTimes-Roman18 $*
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>-- 
>>"You already have the precious mixture that will make you well. Use it." -
>>Rumi
>>
>>    
>>
>
>
>=====
>Dave J. Andruczyk
>
>
>	
>		
>__________________________________
>Do you Yahoo!?
>Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs  
>http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover 
>
>  
>

-- 
Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." -Samuel Ullman




More information about the nflug mailing list