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  • How do I resolve missing font errors when launching Mathematica?

    This information contributed by Edray Goins.

    To use Mathematica via X Windows you must either have a local copy of or a font path directed to the following two directories:

    /pkgs/mathematica/SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF/
    /pkgs/mathematica/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1/

    For example, on a Macintosh running X11 these folders should be copied and placed in the directory:

    /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/

    This way Mathematica will load without any error messages on missing fonts.