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Article #3202Re: Postscript Type 1 font -> Type 3 font ?
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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 21:16
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 21:16
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From article <1990Sep26.224849.1522@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, by rce10845@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Robert C Elliott): > In article <9751@ubc-cs.UUCP> lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) writes: >>Is it possible to convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 font? > > The Macintosh program _Metamorphosis_ (version 1.3(or 1.2?) by Altsys, about > $100 mail-order from MacWarehouse or MacConnection) will convert Type 1 fonts > into Type 3 fonts. Hints are probably lost in the process, unless > Altsys has some kind of Type 3 hinting code. > > Rob Elliott > Embossed Graphics Sorry guys, maybe I should have been a bit more specific. I really wished I had Mac to do this on but I'm stuck with an IBM PC/AT clone. So let me rephrase my question, is there software out there for MS-DOS that will convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 or is there information on how this process is done so I can do the conversion myself(if I really have to)? Eric Lau lau@cs.ubc.ca
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!lau From: lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.fonts Subject: Re: Postscript Type 1 font -> Type 3 font ? Message-ID: <9771@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 90 21:16:44 GMT References: <1990Sep26.224849.1522@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@cs.ubc.ca Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 21