how to generate .afm (Font Metrics) file

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1 total messages Started by K.X. Saunders Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:53

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Author: K.X. Saunders
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:53

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	Does anyone have C or postscript code to generate a font metric
file (.afm) for a given postscript font?  If you have the .afm files for
the following fonts and could send them, that would be ok:

	Courier(|-Bold|-Oblique|-BoldOblique)
	Helvetica(|-Bold|-Oblique|-BoldOblique)
	Times(-Roman|-Bold|-Italic|-BoldItalic)

	Also, in terms of the 1000 unit font coordinate system, is an object
that is 1000 units equal to the font size in points?  

	If someone has a good reference on how to interpret the .afm file, 
that would be nice.

	- Kyle

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