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#FontConversion

    28-Nov-92 10:07:25
Sb: #FontConversion
Fm: George S. Roland 74030,231
To: All
I have run into difficulty trying to get some PostScript fonts I downloaded working. I am using FontManager with ProPage V3.0. The first font was .lzh archived. When unarchived, it left a readme.txt and two other files with extensions ".afm" and ".pfb". What do those extensions mean and what are those files contents? When I run FontManager, I get an error message "Loader error could not load .afm file". The other file does seem to convert and the fontname appears in my CG Fonts (dir). It seems to work with ProPage. The other font was archived and unpacked with .LhA. When I use FontManager to try and convert the files, I get the same error message on the .amf file. Also, when I try to convert the .pfb file, it starts the process, then puts up the same error message about the .afm file. What gives? The description of these files indicated they were tested with FontManager and would work. Any help would be much appreciated. Also, if there is a good explanatory textfile on fonts, PostScript files and converting them for ProPage use in this library, I think I could use some help! I am not a C Programmer, so language intelligible to a non-techie would be best. Thanks, George Roland