font problems in ghostview & gv

[Robert Montgomery]

Figured it out.   using 'gs -h' I was able to locate where gs thought 
the fonts should be.  then after installing "slocate" I was able to 
track down the actual location of fonts, then linked the real location 
to the presumed location.   Not sure why there was a disconnect between 
the presumed and actual font locations,  but whatever, its working!

Rob


Robert Montgomery wrote:
> I'm new to OS X and especially this whole macports / darwinports 
> thing, however my first impression was, "wow, that was easy"!  
> However, things didnt work out so well in the end.  It appeared that I 
> was able to install ghostview & gv (using port) with no apparent 
> problems.   However, I cant view any .ps files which have text in them 
> because I always get an "invalid font" error.  I'm using basic built 
> in fonts like Courier and Helvetica.   I've used the same exact 
> postscript syntax to call those fonts for well over a decade and never 
> had a problem from a variety of unix/linux flavors...  My 
> understanding was that these were core fonts that were part of every 
> postscript interpreter, which is why we always used these basic 
> fonts.    So anyways, I guess I was wrong.
>
> Anyone have an idea of how to get these (or any fonts) working?
>
> THANKS!
> Rob
>
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