---
name: "type1inst"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "type1inst"
version: "0.6.1-6"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/type1inst"
---

# type1inst(1)

Type 1 PostScript font installation utility for the X Window System and Ghostscript

## NAME

type1inst - Type 1 PostScript font installation utility for the X Window System and Ghostscript

## VERSION

0\.6.1 (February 11 1998)

## SYNOPSIS

**type1inst** \[-nox\] \[-nogs\] \[-samples\] \[-nolog\] \[-q\] \[-quiet\] \[-silent\] \[-version\] \[-v\]

## DESCRIPTION

type1inst is a utility which scans Type 1 PostScript font files and generates automatically the *fonts.scale* file which the X Window System uses to pick up fonts in the current directory and/or the *Fontmap* file which Ghostscript uses to map file names to font names.  It can also generate simple font sample sheets which show what your fonts look like.

type1inst is a Perl script so you will need to have that installed on your system.  The pfbtops utility (which comes as part of GNU groff) is also required.

## ADOBE DPS USERS NOTE

If you are using a commercial Unix system which has a Display PostScript-capable X server (for example Sun Solaris 2.3 or later) then you should **not** use type1inst for generating a *fonts.scale* file (indeed, such systems do not even use *fonts.scale*). The *makepsres* utility which came with your system does what you want.  You can, however, still use this program with Ghostscript if you wish.

## USAGE

Change directory to the directory where the fonts you wish to have processed are located.  Invoking type1inst will then generate a *fonts.scale* and a *Fontmap*.  The program also has a number of options as detailed below.

## OPTIONS

- **-nox**

  Supresses generation/update of the file *fonts.scale* which lists the fonts in the current directory for the benefit of the X Window System.  This file is generated or updated by default.

- **-nogs**

  Supresses generation/update of the file *Fontmap* which lists the fonts in the current directory for the benefit of Ghostscript.  This file is generated or updated by default.

- **-samples**

  Creates PostScript files showing the fonts in the current directory.  One file is created for each font in the subdirectory *samples* as well as one or more files showing the fonts together.

- **-nolog**

  Supresses the generation of a log file detailing what happened during the last run of type1inst.  This file is generated by default.

- **-quiet**

  Stops type1inst from printing messages on stdout.  Messages will be written to the log file, unless *-nolog* is also specified, in which case the program does its work but does not record anywhere what happened.

- **-q**

  Same as *-quiet*.

- **-silent**

  This has the same effect as *-quiet*.

- **-version**

  Print version information and exit.

- **-v**

  Same as *-version*.

## NOTES

More detailed information is available in the README file which is part of the type1inst distribution.

## SEE ALSO

**X**(1), [**gs**(1)](/gs/1.md), [**pfbtops**(1)](/pfbtops/1.md), [**makepsres**(1)](/makepsres/1.md), [**perl**(1)](/perl/1.md)

## AUTHOR

James Macnicol \<james.macnicol@mailexcite.com\>

## COPYRIGHT

type1inst is Copyright (C) 1996-1998 James Macnicol.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTIBILITY for FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

## TRADEMARKS

PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.