lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) (09/27/90)
Is it possible to convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 font? I know that Type 1 fonts have all the hints, etc., but I have a software Postscript emulator (Ravenscript which is essentially Ultrascript) which can handle Type 3 fonts but can't handle Type 1 fonts. And I have this great Type 1 font that I can't use. So can it be done? Thanks in advance for any hints and advice, Eric Lau lau@cs.ubc.ca
rce10845@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Robert C Elliott) (09/27/90)
In article <9751@ubc-cs.UUCP> lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) writes: >Is it possible to convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 font? I know >that Type 1 fonts have all the hints, etc., but I have a software >Postscript emulator (Ravenscript which is essentially Ultrascript) >which can handle Type 3 fonts but can't handle Type 1 fonts. And >I have this great Type 1 font that I can't use. So can it be >done? Thanks in advance for any hints and advice, > > Eric Lau > lau@cs.ubc.ca > The Macintosh program _Metamorphosis_ (version 1.3(or 1.2?) by Altsys, about $100 mail-order from MacWarehouse or MacConnection) will convert Type 1 fonts into Type 3 fonts. Hints are probably lost in the process, unless Altsys has some kind of Type 3 hinting code. Actually it can only convert Type 1 and _Fontographer_ Type 3 fonts directly; it converts any other font with assistance of a 68000-based laser printer (using cexec code like that which was posted to the net a few months ago). There's also a program called _Evolution_ by Image Club Software (about $80 advertised) that claims to convert any font, without printer assistance. I think this program was announced even before Metamorphosis 1.0 was announced (and Altsys has made significant improvements from 1.0 to 1.3) and it still was not shipping a month ago. Rob Elliott Embossed Graphics
lgorbet@hydra.unm.edu (Larry P Gorbet ANTHROPOLOGY) (09/27/90)
Although it was not *intended* primarily for converting Type 1 to Type 3, the utility ParaFont from Design Science can do that with minimum hassle. I bought it mail order from Programs Plus for about $70. What is *is* designed to do is produce very nice custom "derived fonts" pretty much automatically. To get a broad idea of the flavor, see what sorts of things are in Adobe's "Expert Collections". For example, it will generate a set of "true" small caps -- letters with basically uppercase shapes but only slightly taller than lowercase letters and nearly as wide as uppercase (thus proportionally fatter than the uppercase); they look uch* better than the aberration produced by the so-called "small caps" style in MS-Word etc. Other goodies include old-style numerals, "superiors", condensed or expanded fonts, and more. The fonts produced are not as good, of course, as carefully crafted productions from Adobe et al. and they are only Type 3 (so ATM will not work with them). You have the option of including the "base font" from which you derive a font in the PostScript font produced -- or not. Given the price, if you really need to convert to Type 3, think of lotsa goodies as a bonus.
lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) (09/28/90)
From article <1990Sep26.224849.1522@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, by rce10845@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Robert C Elliott): > In article <9751@ubc-cs.UUCP> lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) writes: >>Is it possible to convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 font? > > The Macintosh program _Metamorphosis_ (version 1.3(or 1.2?) by Altsys, about > $100 mail-order from MacWarehouse or MacConnection) will convert Type 1 fonts > into Type 3 fonts. Hints are probably lost in the process, unless > Altsys has some kind of Type 3 hinting code. > > Rob Elliott > Embossed Graphics Sorry guys, maybe I should have been a bit more specific. I really wished I had Mac to do this on but I'm stuck with an IBM PC/AT clone. So let me rephrase my question, is there software out there for MS-DOS that will convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 or is there information on how this process is done so I can do the conversion myself(if I really have to)? Eric Lau lau@cs.ubc.ca
pgd@bbt.se (P.Garbha) (10/01/90)
In article <9771@ubc-cs.UUCP> lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) writes: >So let me rephrase my question, is there software out there for >MS-DOS that will convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 or is there >information on how this process is done so I can do the conversion >myself(if I really have to)? Z-Soft are coming out with a program do do just this. The program is called Soft-Type. The current version is not able to read type 1 fonts, but the soon to come version supposedly will be. One week ago they (Z-soft) said 3 weeks to release, so it should be very soon now... Otherwise all information needed to make such a program is in the "Black book".