Adobe fonts in Pagestrea
19-Jul-91 23:40:16
Sb: #29185-Adobe fonts in Pagestrea
Fm: Mike Todd 70117,634
To: Neil Robinson 100016,2775
Well, a PostScript Type-1 font should have a minimum of two files for all
practical purposes … a PostScript font definition and a font metric. If
the fonts are sticking to the Adobe standard then there should be an Adobe
Font Metric (.AFM) file.
I'm not sure what a .PFM file is (although I seem to have a few 🙂 but it
is certainly not a metric. All those Type-1 fonts I have from the PC world
have a
PFM, and .PFB (Printer Font Binary) and an .AFM file … so, you should
have received the .AFM with your .PFB files.
If not, and you have a PostScript printer interfaced via a serial
connection, it is possible to generate a .AFM file … there is a
PostScript program called makeafm.ps (or something similar) which you run
on the printer and capture the output on disk.
Mike (Whapping from the UK)