CompuServe Messages

Gary Sorry, perhaps I didn't word my comment very well (the brain is still addled after my car smash :-+) … by "algorithmically" I meant that it would have to double-decrypt the code and then "disassemble" the data to determine the sbw/hsbw parameters … PageStream can do this because it can render Type-1 fonts, therefore has the decoding mechanism built-in. Yes, certainly the side-bearing and width info are available in the the sbw/hsbw values … which reminds me, it's about time I got round to uploading my Type-1 disassembler!! I don't know about .PFMs, so can't work out if/what kerning info is there … and, in theory, it should be possible to write a very clever piece of software that "draws" each character and, using some inbuilt rules of how kerned characters should look, tests each against each other adjusting positioning until it "looks" good and then writing this as kerning data 🙂 Mike (Whapping from the UK)