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Mathematica Font Configuration

This page will tell you how to configure your account so that you can run Mathematica without getting font errors.

1. Log into your account.
2. Open a new file called  ~/myxfsconfig  with your favorite text editor (i.e. pico, emacs, vi).
3. Make the contents of this file look exactly as shown below:

   #xfs configuration file for Mathematica Users
   #D. Sweet (taken from xfs man page)
   
       client-limit = 10
       clone-self = on
       catalogue
       = /afs/glue.umd.edu/software/mathematica/current/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1
    
   

   Now close and save the file.
4. Now issue the next set of commands from the command prompt:

   xfs -config ~/myxfsconfig &

   xset +fp tcp/this.machine.umd.edu:7100 (substituting the host name of the machine that you are on)>

   xset +fp rehash

   tap mathematica

   mathematica &

   You will need to use these commands each time that you want to use Mathematica.