hasses@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Stephen Haase) (04/03/91)
Are IBM ATM fonts compatible with the Mac and vice versa? I found an ftp site that had loads of ATM fonts for Windows but could not get them to work. When I unzipped the file I got 2 files with the extension pfb and pbm or something like that. Is there are way I can get them to work? On a similar note, I have a friend on an IBM who wants some of my fonts and I dont know if they will work that way either. If anyone can tell me of an ftp site for Mac ATM fonts I'd really appreciate it. thanx Steve hasses@prism.cs.orst.edu
gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) (04/03/91)
In article <1991Apr03.042839.8514@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> hasses@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Stephen Haase) writes: >Are IBM ATM fonts compatible with the Mac and vice versa? Nope. The file-format that Adobe uses for MS-DOS Type 1 fonts is different than what is used for Macintosh Type 1 fonts. They can't be used from machine to machine. This strikes me oddly, since Adobe grants a license for usage based on printers, not computers. It's easily conceivable that a Mac and a MS-DOS PC could be connected to that same Postscript printer. You'd still have to buy the typeface twice - once for the Mac and once for the PC - even though the licsense is for use on the single printer. Something wrong there. Perhaps Adobe should simply provide the type in both formats when you buy it (DOS disks and Mac disks in the same package). >If anyone can tell me of an ftp site for Mac ATM fonts I'd really >appreciate it. Try mac.archive.umich.edu. It's still a somewhat "rough" archive, but they have a -huge- selection of PD/SW Type 1 fonts for Macintosh usage. -- Jim Gaynor - Systems Analyst 1 + "This is Serious. He is Lost. The Ohio State University ACS-FMS-OCES | We must begin the Search at once." gaynor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | -Rabbit, from gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu + "The House at Pooh Corner"