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>>There is one open question yet which I could not solve:
>>How to define the fonts (with xset +fp ...) on the UNIX box which the X11
>>server on the VAX will need. There is a weird logical named DECW$FONT (not 
>>easily visible, since it is not in the usual table where all the other 
>>logical are) which probably has something to do with this.
>>I have no time to figure this out (no manuals either) 
>>since I am leaving this place and join a 
>>computer company (not DEC, so I won't see any VAXen for a while).
>> 

---------
 Hi 

 So far as I know;

(1)  In VAX Station (VMS), The fonts for the DECwindow (X-server) is 
stored in the sys$common:[sysfont.decw.*]  (* is 100DPI, 75DPI, etc.) 
directory. But the file name of the font is not the font name. The font 
name is written in the first block of the font file. We can get the font 
name of DECwindow by

  $ set def sys$common:[sysfont.decw.75dpi]
  $ dir
  $ dump/block=(start:1,count=1)  font_file_name

For example, the font name of the font file TIMES_BOLD10.DECW$FONT is
-Adobe-Times-Bold-R-Normal--10-100-75-75-P-57-ISO8859-1

If we want use this font in the xterm on VAX-Station as a x-server,  
following command

  xterm -fn -Adobe-Times-Bold-R-Normal--10-100-75-75-P-57-ISO8859-1

on the unix client (e.g. Sun) will work with a TCP/IP transport on
the VAX Station (eg. CMU-TEK IP etc.)

(2)  In VAX/VMS V5.4 and later version, there is a file FONTS.ALIAS
in DECW$EXAMPLE directory. This file contains the font name for the 
DEC-windows. 

  Could anyone supply this information for fonts of DEC-windows ?

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   Takashi Ichihara 
   RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
   2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-01, Japan
	   (Internet)   Ichihara@rik835.riken.go.jp
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