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Article #2667Re: conversion of .tfm font files into .pk or .gf format
From: Tom Bruhns
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 21:08
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 21:08
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bulsara@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Vispi H Bulsara) writes: > I would like to know if there is any program that converts .tfm font > files to .*gf or .*pk format which is used for previewing and printing. This will be extremely difficult since the .tfm files contain only "font metrics" that tell TeX how much space the characters from the corresponding bitmap font actually take, and kerning info, and stuff like that. The .tfm files do not contain info on how to actually draw the characters. You can get .pk files from some servers or many local systems, or you can generate them with MetaFont and a set of .mf files...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hplsla!tomb From: tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: conversion of .tfm font files into .pk or .gf format Message-ID: <330003@hplsla.HP.COM> Date: 20 Jun 91 21:08:02 GMT References: <1991Jun19.220225.17780@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA Lines: 13