[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] One more time: Adobe font files

ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) (03/13/91)

This subject has hardly been discussed, and I don't remember seeing any
definite answer.  So, I'll ask again: Are the Adobe font files on the
Macintosh compatible with the PC, and vice versa? (Ignore the Mac header.)
Can I use my Mac Adobe fonts on a PC, say, using ATM?

Eric

paul@frcs.UUCP (Paul Nash) (03/17/91)

Thus spake ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard):

> This subject has hardly been discussed, and I don't remember seeing any
> definite answer.  So, I'll ask again: Are the Adobe font files on the
> Macintosh compatible with the PC, and vice versa? (Ignore the Mac header.)
> Can I use my Mac Adobe fonts on a PC, say, using ATM?

Not as such.  The Mac stores most of the font file in the resource
fork, while the PC stores everything in one file.  I had problems
converting Mac format fonts to PC format a while back, and managed
to get a lot of info about the formats via the net.  If you want to
know what the different formats look like, I can mail you details
of them (if I can still find them :-)), as well as a quick C hack
to un-Mac a Mac format file.  This converts to vanilla Postscript,
_not_ DOS AFM format, but does allow downloading to printers.

Send me mail if you want any of the above.

	paul

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