lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) (05/17/91)
I have seen PostScript files in the following formats (both type 1 and 3).
The names below are as they appear on Unix, since that's what I have:
ATM (dos)
name.pfb
name.pfm
Mac:
name.hqx -- hex encoded
name.sit.bin -- binary StuffIt archive
name.rsrc, name.data, name.info -- binary mac files
Unix:
FullName.ps
FullName.atm
For TeX there's also FullName.tfm, and for troff there's an XX.out file.
So, how do we go from one to another?
DOS.pfb -> Unix.ps with pfb2ps (from alt.sources recently)
This ignores the pfm file, and does not generate the afm file.
Mac.sit.bin --> Mac.rsrc with unsit, but then the resulting file contains
encrypted binary data after the "eexec", and can't be sent to a printer.
Any ideas?
Mac.sit.bin --> MacFont with NCSA ftp and a Macintosh computer
MacFont --> Unix.ps with UnAdobe (on the mac) and NCSA ftp
But this requires a mac, and pointing and clicking, and isn't automatic.
Unixfont.ps --> MacFont with Fontographer (?)
Unixfont.ps --> Unixfont.afm with getafms.ps and a PostScript printer.
Unixfont.ps --> Unixfont.afm with getafms.ps and a PostScript Interpreter,
such as GhostScript (type 1 or 3) or OpenWindows (type 3 only)
In a table:
PC/ATM Mac Unix
PC/ATM --- ? pfb2ps
Mac ? --- UnAdobe+ftp
Unix fontographer?? ftp or ---
fontographer
I could add other font formats to this table, but I rather need to
improve this one first! I have a larger table including HP, TeX, X11 and
Xerox formats, and some others, but it isn't as useful as I'd like.
If there's interest, I'll build and post a larger table and include
archive sites, etc.
Help!
Lee
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the barefoot programmergrdetil@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gilles R. Detillieux) (05/17/91)
In <1991May17.075033.20859@sq.sq.com> lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) writes: >I have seen PostScript files in the following formats (both type 1 and 3). [stuff deleted] >So, how do we go from one to another? >DOS.pfb -> Unix.ps with pfb2ps (from alt.sources recently) > This ignores the pfm file, and does not generate the afm file. A few others asked questions about how to get afm files from pfm files. I still haven't found a way myself, other than running getafm.ps on the font. Anyone? (I'd like to be able to get the kern pairs, if present in the .pfm file.) >Mac.sit.bin --> Mac.rsrc with unsit, but then the resulting file contains > encrypted binary data after the "eexec", and can't be sent to a printer. > Any ideas? The sonata.cc.purdue.edu ftp site has a "Mac Font Resource Converter" program (mfrc.c) to do this. At the time I got it, it was under next/source/mac-font2next.shar.Z (I think), but the source directory has since been split up, so you'll have to look around for it. Although written on and for a NeXT, I think it'll work on other Unix boxes. (NeXT PS fonts are in plain ASCII files.) -- Gilles Detillieux <Gilles@scrc.UManitoba.CA> Spinal Cord Research Centre or <grdetil@ccu.UManitoba.CA> Dept. of Physiology, U. of Manitoba 770 Bannatyne Avenue, BMSB 401 Phone: (204)788-6766