FAQ: PFM, AFM, TFM

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2 total messages Started by John Roumeliotis Wed, 28 Oct 1992 00:31

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Author: John Roumeliotis
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 00:31

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This is probably an FAQ, but I couldn't find it in 
news.answers

What is a PFM file? Is there any way to take a PFM and generate
an AFM.

Why do I ask?  Well I have some pfb fonts that I want to include in
my TeX files.  These fonts have accompanying pfm files.  TeX needs 
appropriate TFM files to typeset. 
	If someone can tell me how to
		PFM -> AFM
then I can use afm2tfm to
		AFM -> TFM


I hope I'm on the right track! 

Thanks in advance
John.

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Re: FAQ: PFM, AFM, TFM

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Author: Jeroen W. Pluimers
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 09:37

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In article <1992Oct28.003121.23274@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> jxr@gamma.ma.adfa.oz.au ( John  Roumeliotis) writes:
>This is probably an FAQ, but I couldn't find it in news.answers

I don't know who maintains the ps-faq, but here are some answers.
>
>What is a PFM file? 

This is a Printer Font Metrics File used by Windows to store a sub-set
of the metrics that are in an AFM file.

>Is there any way to take a PFM and generate an AFM.

Yes, ftp dmpfm151.zip from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (directory /pub/pc/win3/fonts)

Please not however that the best way to get metrics is by getting an AFM
file. Most other font metrics files store only a sub-set, so if you
recreate an AFM file from a PFM file, you loose information.
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