gt5139c@prism.gatech.EDU (PETER L. THOMAS) (01/21/91)
I'm really desperate for more fonts; the difference between a type I font handled by ATM versus the fonts at cica.cica.indiana.edu (which are the standard .fon files that Windows sans ATM uses) is simply phenomenal. My brother, a Mac enthusiast, is trying to figure out how to transfer his PD fonts to me; neither he nor I can figure it out. How do you take a font file that the Mac ATM uses and move it to an Windows/ATM system? Are there two resourses for the outline and metric (have I got my terminology right?) files? How would we strip them from the file. How about naming conventions? Sources for pre-prepared PD fonts of the ATM variety? (Do these things not exist for the PC, yet?) __HELP__ my documents and I will thank you.
JIM@auvm.auvm.edu (Jim McIntosh) (01/22/91)
In article <19985@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt5139c@prism.gatech.EDU (PETER L. THOMAS) says: >I'm really desperate for more fonts; the difference between a type I >font handled by ATM versus the fonts at cica.cica.indiana.edu (which are >the standard .fon files that Windows sans ATM uses) is simply phenomenal. When was the last time you checked cica? There are now a number of public domain Type I fonts available there. (Granted, some of them are not the best fonts in the world, but they *are* there.) The Type I's at cica are handled by Window/ATM. --- Jim McIntosh (jim@auvm.auvm.edu) The American University Washington DC 20016-8019 USA
gt5139c@prism.gatech.EDU (PETER L. THOMAS) (01/23/91)
In article <91021.205654JIM@auvm.auvm.edu> JIM@auvm.auvm.edu (Jim McIntosh) writes: >When was the last time you checked cica? There are now a number of public >domain Type I fonts available there. (Granted, some of them are not the >best fonts in the world, but they *are* there.) The Type I's at cica are >handled by Window/ATM. You are indeed correct. For those who might be confused, the PSR (postscipt printer required) indicated on those files indicates the files contain the actual Type I files you need (.PFM and .PFB). Don't be put off if all you have is a 24-pin (or worse)--if you've got ATM these zip's have what you need.
selig@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu (Paul D. Selig) (02/12/91)
> My brother, a Mac enthusiast, is trying to figure out how to transfer his > PD fonts to me; neither he nor I can figure it out. How do you take a > font file that the Mac ATM uses and move it to an Windows/ATM system? Well, let me explain how I've been accomplishing the conversion of Mac fonts to the PC format for ATM. I doubt this is the _best_ way, but it works. Once you get your Mac font file (I've gotten some from Compu$erve and the various Mac archives), use some of the shareware un-binhex and un-stuffit utilities floating around. This will give you a bunch of mac-format fonts. Many .sit files for the Mac still don't work with unsit, use the utility fixsit available on CompuServe or see below (DTPFORUM/Ibm Utilities). I use a utility called Type-1 Tools available from Keith Cowgill in Columbus Ohio. For $12.50, you get a program which, simply, converts the Mac .PFB file to a pc format .PFB file. You can then take this file and use the downloader included with Adobe Fonts or included with Type-1 Tools to get the font resident in your postscript printer. To use the font with ATM - read on.... > Are there two resourses for the outline and metric (have I got my > terminology right?) files? How would we strip them from the file. The only unfortunate thing is that ATM requires both a .PFB and a .PFM file. Type-1 Tools creates the .PFB file, but there is no easy way of creating the .PFM file from the .AFM file. I use the Corel Draw (2.0) WFNBOSS program, inport the .PFB and .AFM files, use the WFNBOSS export utility to export the font, which creates a .PFM (and another .PFB) file. Using the new .PFM and the old .PFB (not the one that Corel created), install the font using ATM. I don't use the Corel-generated PFB font because it seems to have problems on the screen using ATM - I havn't tried it with a postscript printer yet. > How about naming conventions? You can pretty much name the files anyway you want, just so long as you know what it means. You may want to use the Adobe-style of naming - see one of the Adobe font brochures for details. The actual name of the font is contained in the postscript code, and doesn't change or depend on your filenames. > Sources for pre-prepared PD fonts of the ATM variety? (Do these > things not exist for the PC, yet?) Look at the list of Mac anonymous FTP sites recently posted to comp.archives, or use the "standard" archive sites and CompuServe (DTP Forum/Fonts). If there is any interest, I could make some IBM conversions of Mac fonts available via anonymous FTP which would be ready to install with ATM. The utilities that I mentioned above (Unsit for IBM, Fixsit for IBM, and Type1tools for the IBM, is available from Keith Cowgill, 718 Mistletoe St., Columbus, Ohio, 43219. The cost for type-1 tools is $12.50, I don't know about the others. You can also contact him at 73147.2253@compuserve.com. I have no connection with him other than being a satisfied customer. -- Paul Selig, Jr. Unix Systems Administrator The University of Dayton, Computer Science Department, Anderson Center 133 INTERNET: selig@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu BITNET: selig@dayton.bitnet UUCP: ...!uunet!dayvb!udcps3!selig