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I would like to contribute a method to read Chinese fonts on the X-terminal
without the root privilege. The basic idea is to use "fs" to create 
a private font server, and then use "xset" to append the font server to my
current font paths.

In my directory $home/w/wailun/xfonts/, I have already down-loaded the GB and BIG5 
fonts according to the procedures described somewhere-else. I also put 
other files in this directory. Here is the list of all files in my
$home/w/wailun/xfonts/ directory.

>ls
./              cns1hku16.pcf   fonts.dir       gb16st.pcf      hz.conf
../             cns2hku16.pcf   gb16fs.pcf      hz

All *.pcf's are down-loaded font files. 'fonts.dir' is generated 
by 'mkfontdir'. Besides, 'hz.conf' is the configuration file for the 
private font server. The following is the list of 'hz.conf'.


#
# sample font server configuration file
#
# allow a max of 5 clients to connect to this font server
client-limit = 5 
# when a font server reaches its limit, start up a new one
clone-self = on
# where to look for fonts
#
#Change FULL-PATH-OF-MY-HOME-DIRECTORY to my actual home directory,
#for example, /users/chinese
catalogue = FULL-PATH-OF-MY-HOME-DIRECTORY/xfonts 
# in 16 points, decipoints
default-point-size = 160
# 72 x 72 and 75 x 75
default-resolutions = 72,72,75,75


You must change 'FULL-PATH-OF-MY-HOME-DIRECTORY' in 'hz.conf'
to the actual home path. Otherwise 'fs' would not work.

A shell script 'hz' is used to install the font server and append it
to the font paths. The following is the list of 'hz' script.


#! /bin/sh 
PORTNUM=6891
fs -config hz.conf -port $PORTNUM &
xset fp+ tcp/`hostname`:$PORTNUM


You may need to re-define the variable PORTNUM in case that this port 
is being used by other programs.  Remember, PORTNUM must be
larger than 1024. 

After you put 'hz' and 'hz.conf' in $home/w/wailun/xfonts/, just type 
'/bin/sh hz' 
at the unix prompt to append the Chinese font to your font paths.
Good luck. 

wll@uni.de