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#Conv True Typ Font 2 aaP

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#42693From: Jim PerryMay 4, 1993 2:55 PM
Help is again requested from you all… Does anyone know how to convert True Type Fonts for use in AAPro and or 3ds2. ?? Any help will be appericated.
#42783From: David TaffetMay 5, 1993 10:02 AM
Check into Fontmonger or Fontographer for Windows…. DT
#42853From: Jim PerryMay 5, 1993 6:09 PM
Dear David.. Thanks for the tip regarding "Fontmonger" I just rushed right out and bought it. Now my problen is what kind of a font is the font in AApro ? Called the people at Ares that produced Fontmonger they never heard of AApro and can only suggest that the fonts are some type of Bastard Geo Works font. Since you spoke like a knowledgeable person in your message perhaps you can enlighten me on this subject. I am in now over $100.00 smackers and getting deaper all the time. Additionally I ran my mouth to my customer and said something stupid like "OH yea I can do that".
#42870From: Paul LindMay 5, 1993 9:09 PM
Jim, Fontmonger won't convert to anything AAPro will use except Postscript. You should also make sure that the font you're converting is privately owned since fonts are licensed, if you convert the format and obtain money for doing so without owning such rights, it's a felony. Since I'm assuming you only called for the fastest way to do conversions I wanted to make sure that you fully understood everything.
#42876From: Paul LindMay 5, 1993 9:49 PM
Another thing to keep in mind is that AAPro does not currently support extended characters in their postscript format. So depending upon the manufacturer, you'll need to go in and map the extended characters to an ISO Latin 1 ASCII format and perform a conversion to AAPro's native format. Corel doesn't tend to use staight ISO Latin1 extensions so if your cambodian client is going beyond the standard 94 characters you'll need his keyboard mapping for whatever Cambodian implementation he's currently using.
#42787From: David RhotenMay 5, 1993 10:20 AM
Fontmonger from Area software will do the trick. It's probably the cheapest solution.