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Re: PFB-files renameable?

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From: Ulrich Mayring
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:15
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gilligan@bldrdoc.gov (Jonathan M. Gilligan) writes:

>In article <1k14d3INNmh5@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> ulma@coli.uni-sb.de (Ulrich Mayring) writes:
>>
>>As far as I know renaming the FOT and TTF file of a truetype font is a "nono",
>>because some path information is stored in the FOT file...

>Can't you just rename the .TTF font, delete the .FOT font, and regenerate it
>by reinstalling he renamed .TTF?

Should work, but I don't know if there are any other information stored in
the  .FOT file. By the way: Is there any way to have the .FOT file in a
directory other than the windows system directory?

Ulrich Mayring
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Subject: Re: PFB-files renameable?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 09:15:47 +0100
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