Font question: Folio format vs. Type 1?

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From: Brian R. Smith
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 17:51

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How are Folio format files related to type 1 fonts?  Is it just some
encryption method?

What I want to do is use all the excellent fonts included with
OpenWindows in Ghostscript.  It *IS* possible to convert them to
bitmap fonts (makeafb), bdf fonts (convertfont), then Ghostscript
fonts (bdftops) - but the results would be much better if they could
remain outline fonts.

(This would all be academic if OpenWindows' PageView stopped dumping
core...  but still an interesting problem.)

Thanks in advance,
--
Brian
brsmith@cs.umn.edu

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From: brsmith@cs.umn.edu (Brian R. Smith)
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Subject: Font question: Folio format vs. Type 1?
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Date: 15 Jan 91 17:51:01 GMT
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