ee88sbp@surrey.ac.uk (Sean Broderick Purdy) (12/12/90)
I work on the student newspaper at Surrey University, where we use Xerox Ventura Publisher 1.1 for DTP on an IBM PS/2 model 60 & an Apple LaserWriter II NT. We also have Corel Draw 1.1 which has lots of fonts included. What I want to know is can the Corel Draw Fonts be converted somehow into downloadable PS fonts that can be used in Ventura Publisher. It would save having to save a header using one of the Corel fonts as a bitmapped .PCX file every time we want to do something a bit different, eg using Hobo or Carta typefaces. OK, maybe I am asking the impossible, but it's worth a try! Sean B. Purdy | stu003@sysi.surrey.ac.uk Technical Manager | ee88sbp@ee.surrey.ac.uk `bare facts' | ele838@sysi.surrey.ac.uk University of Surrey Students' Union | "Don't F*** with the Press..."
ee88sbp@surrey.ac.uk (Sean Broderick Purdy) (12/13/90)
I work on the student newspaper at Surrey University, where we use Xerox Ventura Publisher 1.1 for DTP on an IBM PS/2G!Apple LaserWriter II NT. We also have Corel Draw 1.1 which has lots of fonts included. What I want to know is can the Corel Draw Fonts be converted somehow into downloadable PS fonts that can be used in Ventura Publisher. It would save having to save a header using one of the Corel fonts as a bitmapped .PCX file every time we want to do something a bit different, eg using Hobo or Carta Aupfaces. OK, maybe I am asking the impossible, but it's worth a try! Sean B. Purdy | stu003@sysi.surrey.ac.uk Technical Manager | ee88sbp@ee.surrey.ac.uk `bare facts' | ele838@sysi.s.t.y.ac.uk University of S.t.y Students' Union | "Don't F*** with the Press..." Me
fritsch@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Dan Fritsch) (12/18/90)
In article <1990Dec11.224309.22019@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK>, ee88sbp@surrey.ac.uk (Sean Broderick Purdy) writes: > > I work on the student newspaper at Surrey University, where we use > Xerox Ventura Publisher 1.1 for DTP on an IBM PS/2 model 60 & an > Apple LaserWriter II NT. We also have Corel Draw 1.1 which has lots > of fonts included. > > What I want to know is can the Corel Draw Fonts be converted > somehow into downloadable PS fonts that can be used in Ventura > Publisher. It would save having to save a header using one of the > Corel fonts as a bitmapped .PCX file every time we want to do > something a bit different, eg using Hobo or Carta typefaces. > > OK, maybe I am asking the impossible, but it's worth a try! > The new release of Corel Draw 2.0 has an addition to WFNBOSS that lets you convert any of the Corel fonts into Adobe Type 1 format! CD 2.0 now includes over 150 fonts (including renditions of Caslon, Garamond). I've converted a couple of the fonts and the quality looks pretty good to me (at least on a Deskjet +). Another addition you may find useful is the ability to create custom fonts that can be used like any other CD font (and can also be converted to Adobe Type 1 format). In fact, you can import a Type 1 font, convert the characters to curves, and export the altered characters as a new Type 1 font. So Corel Draw can now be used as a Postscript font editor. NOTE: I have not extensively tested the reliability of the exported fonts with products such as ATM, but it should work fine. Dan Fritsch (fritsch@cs.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (12/19/90)
>Another addition you may find useful is the ability to create custom >fonts that can be used like any other CD font (and can also be converted >to Adobe Type 1 format). In fact, you can import a Type 1 font, convert >the characters to curves, and export the altered characters as a new >Type 1 font. So Corel Draw can now be used as a Postscript font editor. Hmmm... While I will agree that you can import the Type 1 font with Corel wfnboss then convert to curves and manipulate it, I don't know that you can save it as a font anymore unless there is a MAJOR new feature in Corel Draw 2.0!! My Corel upgrade SHOULD be in the mail as we speak, but if anyone can clarify this.... tj
fritsch@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Dan Fritsch) (12/19/90)
In article <1990Dec18.185959.4057@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes: > >Another addition you may find useful is the ability to create custom > >fonts that can be used like any other CD font (and can also be converted > >to Adobe Type 1 format). In fact, you can import a Type 1 font, convert > >the characters to curves, and export the altered characters as a new > >Type 1 font. So Corel Draw can now be used as a Postscript font editor. > > Hmmm... While I will agree that you can import the Type 1 font with > Corel wfnboss then convert to curves and manipulate it, I don't know > that you can save it as a font anymore unless there is a MAJOR new > feature in Corel Draw 2.0!! > YES! It is a major new feature. You'll find that the program has undergone a substantial revision. That's why they're raising the price of the new version by $100.00. It's well worth it though, if only for the new font capibilities. Dan Fritsch (fritsch@cs.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
vera@cadence.com (Vera Vallentin-Price) (12/22/90)
In article <1990Dec11.224309.22019@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK> ee88sbp@surrey.ac.uk (Sean Broderick Purdy) writes: > >I work on the student newspaper at Surrey University, where we use >Xerox Ventura Publisher 1.1 for DTP on an IBM PS/2 model 60 & an >Apple LaserWriter II NT. We also have Corel Draw 1.1 which has lots >of fonts included. > >What I want to know is can the Corel Draw Fonts be converted >somehow into downloadable PS fonts that can be used in Ventura >Publisher. It would save having to save a header using one of the >Corel fonts as a bitmapped .PCX file every time we want to do >something a bit different, eg using Hobo or Carta typefaces. > >OK, maybe I am asking the impossible, but it's worth a try! > > > Sean B. Purdy | stu003@sysi.surrey.ac.uk Try converting the Corel fonts using WinBoss (Corel Utility). If you don't have this utility, you may want to upgrade your Corel version. I believe that WinBoss converts from and to different font formats. -vera
pgd@bbt.se (12/23/90)
In article <18166@thorin.cs.unc.edu> fritsch@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Dan Fritsch) writes: >The new release of Corel Draw 2.0 has an addition to WFNBOSS that >lets you convert any of the Corel fonts into Adobe Type 1 format! >CD 2.0 now includes over 150 fonts (including renditions of Caslon, >Garamond). I've converted a couple of the fonts and the quality looks >pretty good to me (at least on a Deskjet +). The fonts delivered with corel draw are of simplified style, compared to the Adobe/Linotype fonts. This at least applies to the older versions of Corel draw. But you might not see the difference in small size on a laser printer.
woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) (12/23/90)
As long as we are on the subject of fonts, does anyone have a clean bit of 'C' code that would take a HP LASERJET font (bit mapped) and create a Windows 2.0 screen font from it? An additional goodie would be a program that would take MAC screen formats for fonts, and convert them to Windows screen font formats. Does anyone know of one, either commercial or PD but preferably non-commercial. Cheers Woody