How to Install Host-Resident PostScript Fonts

1. Log in as superuser, lp, or assume an equivalent role on the print server or print client.

2. Create the hostfontdir directory, if it does not already exist.

   # cd /usr/share/lib # mkdir hostfontdir # chmod 775 hostfontdir

3. Create a directory for a new typeface, if the directory does not already exist.

   # mkdir typeface

4. Copy the font file to the appropriate directory.

   # cp filename /usr/share/lib/hostfontdir/typeface/font

5. Add the name of the font and the name of the file in which it resides to the map table.

   1. Change to the /usr/share/lib/hostfontdir directory.

   2. Edit the map file using a text editor such as vi.

      Add a one-line entry for each font you want to add to the table, with the font name first, followed by a space, followed by the name of the file where the font resides. For example:

      Palatino-Bold /usr/share/lib/hostfontdir/palatino/bold

   3. Save the file.

      When an example entry exists in the map table on the appropriate system, users will be able to apply the font (for example, Palatino Bold) in their print jobs. When they submit a print request containing this font, the LP print service appends a copy of the file /usr/share/lib/hostfontdir/palatino/bold to that file before sending it to the printer.

6. If you are using troff, you must create new width tables for this font in the standard troff font directory.