6600sirt@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Mike O'Brien) (01/25/91)
From article <8461@hub.ucsb.edu>, by 6600sirt@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Mike O'Brien): > I have obtained a number of public domain PostScript Type 1 fonts > (both .PFB and .PFM files) and would like to use them with > IBM WordPerfect version 5.1. There certainly does not seem to be a > simple way to do it, and after messing around with the PTR program for > a few hours, I can't find a hard way to do it either! > Ok, after a lot of calling around and some helpful letters, I have found out something that might lead to a solution. If you have a very recent (July 1990 or better?) version of PTR.EXE, and the "autofont" files for your PostScript Type 1 fonts, you can add them to your printer configuration files by typing PTR /AUTOFONT. Now, WHAT IS AN AUTOFONT FILE?? Is that the *.AFM file I sometimes see? If not, is there a way to convert *.PFM -> AutoFont? Once again, any help you could offer would be *greatly* appreciated. Also, there seem to be alot of people interested in finding a solution to this... rest assured that, if I find one, I will post it here. Thanks, Mike