FontConversion
George
The file with the .pfb extension is a PostScript font file (Printer Font
Binary is what it satnds for) and is the file which is converted by
FontManager.
The .afm file contains additional information about the font for use with
DTP packages (Adobe Font Metric). When FontManager does the conversion of
the .pfb it will take a look at the .afm file at the same time to glean
that additional information.
If you clicked on the .afm file to convert, you will get an error message
(because you're trying to convert a file which isn't actually a font file).
On your other font, you're also trying to convert the .afm file … you
shouldn't try this, and you will always get that error message.
However, you say that when you try to convert the second font's .pfb you
get the `unable to load .afm' message … that is either because the .afm
isn't in the same directory as the .pfb (although I'd have thought it would
have been), or that there's somthing wrong with the .afm file which is
almost impossible to diagnose at a distance.
Unfortunately, FontManager has very poor error reporting, so it's difficult
to work out what is failing.
Anyway, I hope this helps clarify things a little.
Mike (from the UK)