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In article <1993Jan09.000215.12630@microsoft.com> blakeco@microsoft.com (Blake Coverett) writes:
>In article <1993Jan8.003555.4939@cbfsb.cb.att.com> rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols) writes:
>>I believe I was the one who posted about this same problem several
>>months ago.  As you can read in the followup that I just posted, yes,
>>the fonts I have were indeed converted from fonts generated by Altsys
>>Fontographer.  It's a little difficult to examine the fonts to see if
>>they meet Apple specifications, since the specifications are
>>PROPRIETARY and obtainable only under license.
>
>Huh?  This is one of the reasons Microsoft and Apple chose TrueType over
>Type-1, an open standard.
>
>All of the specs are on ftp.uu.net in /vendor/microsoft/TrueType-Info.
>In particular have a look at ttspec[1-3].zip for WFW formatted docs
>or tt-help.zip for a WinHelp version.  You'll also find ttfdump.zip
>which will let you analyze TT fonts and ttfparse.zip which includes
>C source for parsing TTF files.  What more could anyone ask for?

My thanks to all who directed me to these files.  A large part of my
aggravation came from my unsuccessful attempts to find this.  When I
first had the problem, asked a Microsoft support person (who was being
pretty helpful, actually) where I could get information about the file
formats.  I was told that Microsoft had this information under a
nondisclosure agreement, and that I would have to contact Apple.  After
several calls to Apple, I finally found someone who at least knew what
I was talking about, but who told me that the file format was
proprietary and available only under license (for a substantial fee).
I made it quite clear all along that I simply wanted documentation on
the file format, and not any sort of development kit.  Oh, well...

>>TrueType sucks!
>>
>
>Tsk, tsk, name calling won't get you anywhere.

Alright, then, it's functionally impaired.  I never seem to run into
problems with PostScript fonts.  I have yet to see a working
implementation of a really complex TrueType font.

Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com