Re:How to convert fonts? (type3->type1)

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From: Detlef Rupp
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 20:06

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Am 13.04.92 um 17:56 schrieb NOBODY%KODAK.COM@UUCP.ZER
unter dem Betreff How to convert fonts? (type3->type1):


-> I own quite a few .afm files (fonts) (type 3 I believe) and would like
-> to convert those for use with ghostscript which I believe requires
-> type 1 font files (.pfa or .pfb).  Is there a way to do this?.  Is
-> there a program I can get to do it?  I'm trying to use it for high
-> resolution output and I'd like to stay away from bitmap fonts.
-> 
-> Thanks in advance,

Hi Eric,
.AFM-Files contains only Font-Metric Informations. This Files are not
Font-Files, so there is no solution to convert it to .pfb or .pfa.

-> 
-> Eric Brown
-> ebrown@tap.kodak.com
-> 

Greetings
          Ruppi

d_rupp@bamp.berlinet.in-berlin.de

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