jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) (01/25/91)
Does anyone know of a conversion program that will accept
downloadable postscript fonts as input and produce TeX
.gf or .pk fonts as output, together with the .tfm metric files?
I have some (variant?) compugraphic outline fonts with a utility
to produce downloadable postscript versions, and I'd like to be
able to use the fonts with TeX and a non-postscript printer.
Amiga software ideal, IBM PC ok, or details of the format of
downloadable postscript fonts so I can try and roll my own..
Any help or pointers gratefully recieved.
Jerry jc@cel.co.uk or maybe jc@crosfield.co.uk
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In article <8148@suns102.cel.co.uk> jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) writes:
I have some (variant?) compugraphic outline fonts with a utility
to produce downloadable postscript versions, and I'd like to be
able to use the fonts with TeX and a non-postscript printer.
produce the downloadable fonts, and stash them away. now all you need
to use them from TeX is a) a dvi to PS driver that understands the
idea of downloading fonts (eg dvips or dvitops) and b) font metrics.
if your utility does not provide .afm files for the fonts, one
technique is to hurl the fonts at the printer with instructs to work
out the metrics on the fly and send them back to the host. If you
can't trap the dialogue with the printer, this is no use... if you
need the code to append to a font to make it generate an AFM file
(which you the run through afm2tfm), I can send it.
If you mean you do not have a PostScript printer but still want the
fonts, forget all the above!
Sebastian
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Southampton S09 5NH, UK S.Rahtz@sot-ecs.uucp (uucp)jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) (01/28/91)
In article <SPQR.91Jan25100145@manutius.ecs.soton.ac.uk> spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) writes: >In article <8148@suns102.cel.co.uk> jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) writes: > > ME> I have some (variant?) compugraphic outline fonts with a utility ME> to produce downloadable postscript versions, and I'd like to be ME> able to use the fonts with TeX and a non-postscript printer. > > [Explanation of using downloadable PS fonts deleted] > >If you mean you do not have a PostScript printer but still want the >fonts, forget all the above! > >Sebastian Thats exactly my problem :-( I _don't_ have a postscript printer, so I'd like to know if thee;s any way of converting the fonts to normal tex pk/gf ones. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Jerry Cullingford jc@cel.co.uk or jc@crosfield.co.uk | ,-|-- | #include <std.disclaimer> Amiga! 2,000,000+ and counting.... | \_|__ +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ \___/
spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (01/29/91)
In article <8179@suns201.cel.co.uk> jc@cel.co.uk (jerry cullingford) writes:
Thats exactly my problem :-( I _don't_ have a postscript printer, so
I'd like to know if thee;s any way of converting the fonts to normal
tex pk/gf ones.
If you have a bit of spare cash, buy the set of .pk files derived from
PostScript fonts sold by Kinch Computer Company. For about $200 he
will sell you a nice set of .pk files for all the standard LaserWriter
fonts.
sebastian
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Southampton S09 5NH, UK S.Rahtz@sot-ecs.uucp (uucp)robinson@prism.gatech.EDU (Stephen M. Robinson) (01/31/91)
In article <SPQR.91Jan29092154@manutius.ecs.soton.ac.uk> spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) writes: >If you have a bit of spare cash, buy the set of .pk files derived from >PostScript fonts sold by Kinch Computer Company. For about $200 he >will sell you a nice set of .pk files for all the standard LaserWriter >fonts. Is this the only way to get .pk files for builtin PS fonts? I have access to a LaserWriterI if that makes a difference. I need gf (or pxl or pk) fonts for use with a dvi previewer on a Symbolics. I have tfm (and afm for that matter) files but no idea how to produce gf files, if possible. I've hunted for mf files on the offhand chance that someone has written them for PS but no luck. Thanks for any pointers, smr -- Stephen M. Robinson, AI Group, College of Computing 404-853-9381 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,uiucdcs,ut-ngp}!gatech!cc!robinson Internet: robinson@cc.gatech.edu