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==== Using True-Type fonts in PostScript (Ghostscript)
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Say you want to see fancy "Trebuchet MS" font in generated postscript,
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1. First of all, TrueType-compatible Ghostscript is a must.
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Most of Ghostscipt distributions are TrueType compatible.
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If you're not sure, ask your system administrator. If your GS is not
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True-Type compatible, consider building from source using require options
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2. Find the file coresponding to "Trebuchet MS". Assuming you're using
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some kind of Windows on your home machine, you can do it by opening
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"Control Panel -> Fonts" and checking the properties of the chosen
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font. At the top of property page you'll see the file name - trebuc.ttf,
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in our case.
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3. Find font files corresponding to the bold, italic and bold italic
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versions of this font. Probably, it will be:
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"Trebuchet MS Bold" - trebucbd.ttf,
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"Trebuchet MS Italic" - trebucit.ttf,
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"Trebuchet MS Bold Italic" - trebucbi.ttf
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4. Copy these files from the windows fonts directory (probably C:\Windows\Fonts)
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to the Ghostscript fonts directory (probably C:\gs\fonts).
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5. Modify Ghostscript fontmap file (probably C:\gs\gs8.51\lib\Fontmap, assuming
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you're using Ghostscript version 8.51), adding the folowing lines:
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/TrebuchetMS (trebuc.ttf) ;
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/TrebuchetMS-Italic (trebucit.ttf) ;
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/TrebuchetMS-Bold (trebucbd.ttf) ;
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/TrebuchetMS-Bold-Italic (trebucbi.ttf) ;
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Note you can write almost anything after the / assuming it won't interfere
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with other font names. Say:
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/MyCoolFont1 (trebuc.ttf) ;
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/MyCoolFont2 (trebucit.ttf) ;
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/MyCoolFont3 (trebucbd.ttf) ;
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/MyCoolFont4 (trebucbi.ttf) ;
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6. Register the above font names in the script config file. Add the following
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lines to .html2ps.config in the FONT section (between <fonts> and </fonts> tags)
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<family name="Trebuchet MS">
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<normal normal="/TrebuchetMS" italic="/TrebuchetMS-Italic" oblique="/TrebuchetMS-Italic"/>
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<bold normal="/TrebuchetMS-Bold" italic="/TrebuchetMS-Bold-Italic" oblique="/TrebuchetMS-Bold-Italic"/>
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</family>
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Of course, modified file should be uploaded to the server where the working script
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reside.
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7. Now, the following example should render using Trebuchet MS font:
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<BIG style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'">ABCDEFGH</BIG><br>
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<BIG style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-weight: bold;">ABCDEFGH</BIG><br>
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<BIG style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-style: italic;">ABCDEFGH</BIG><br>
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<BIG style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ABCDEFGH</BIG><br>
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==== Using True-Type fonts in PDF
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Take the steps described above with the only difference: all Ghostscript-related directories
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are on your server where the script resides. Ask your hoster/system administrator regarding
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the exact location of Ghostscript.
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