chfont.dat is archived separately at ftp://ftp.ifcss.org/pub/software/fonts/gb/vector/chfont.zip Nelson for ftp-admin@ifcss.org -- |=========================================| | CHN2PS | |-----------------------------------------| | A utility to translate a file including | | Chinese characters (GB coded) to a | | Postscript file. | |-----------------------------------------| | Authors : Jialong He & Li Liu | | Date : 7-Jan-1993 | | Modify : 21-Jan-1993 | | add Letter Size option | | | | E-mail: | | jialong@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de | | or li@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de | |=========================================| (1) Purpose: We were inspired by some utilities which allow people to transform an ASCII file to a postscript file and print it directly on a postscript printer. Now CHN2PS can do similar things as that. It will create a postscript format file from a file including Chinese characters (GB coded) and print two pages on each A4 sheet (landscape). The font included with this utility is a vector font, you can specify any size of the characters. (2) Usage: CHN2PS is easy to use. If you just type CHN2PS without giving any parameters, a short piece of help message will be given. Syntax: CHN2PS [-n] [-l] fname[.gb] where: the "fname" is the file including Chinese characters, the default extension is ".gb". n is the size of characters in millimeter (mm), the default value is "3.1". "-l" specifing sheet size is Letter Size (8.5x11 inch), default is A4 size (210x297 mm). The result file will be "fname.ps". The font file should be in the current working directory or in the PATH of DOS, otherwise, CHN2PS will complain. Example: CHN2PS sample This will create a postscript file "sample.ps" from the included example file "sample.gb". If you happen to have a Postscript printer, you can print this file using the following command: Copy sample.ps PRN or Print sample.ps PRN If you do not have any postscript printers, you have to use the Gostscript which is a postscript emulator and can be downloaded from WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (IP address 192.88.110.20) in the directory PD1:. Supposing you have an Epson compatible printer, you can type: gs -sDEVICE=epson example.ps (3) File List: This CHH2PSV3.ZIP includes the following files CHN2PS.EXE ;executable file CHFONT.DAT ;Chinese font SAMPLE.GB ;An example file in GB code README.DOC ;This file (4) Comments: This utility is free to use and distribute. If you have any comments or bug reports, please send us an e- mail (address on the header of this file).