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In article <16B61EBBA.X049BC@tamvm1.tamu.edu> X049BC@tamvm1.tamu.edu writes:
>I am a VERY happy OS/2 user, tinkerer, geek, and wanted to add a efw more
>fonts to OS/2. I know it uses the Adobe Type Manager, but all I see advertised
>are ATM windows fonts! Will these work for OS/2 PM, Describe, etc.?

It is my understanding that OS/2 itself uses ATM Type One fonts, while 
Windows (and therefore WIN-OS/2) uses ATM Type Two fonts.  So NO, they
are not compatable.  Check around FTP sites (namely hobbes.nmsu.edu and such)
for Type One Fonts.

In article <enk2.89.728002534@po.cwru.edu> enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach) writes:
>In article <16B61EBBA.X049BC@tamvm1.tamu.edu> X049BC@tamvm1.tamu.edu writes:
>>I am a VERY happy OS/2 user, tinkerer, geek, and wanted to add a efw more
>>fonts to OS/2. I know it uses the Adobe Type Manager, but all I see advertised
>>are ATM windows fonts! Will these work for OS/2 PM, Describe, etc.?
>
>It is my understanding that OS/2 itself uses ATM Type One fonts, while 
>Windows (and therefore WIN-OS/2) uses ATM Type Two fonts.  So NO, they
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>are not compatable.  Check around FTP sites (namely hobbes.nmsu.edu and such)
>for Type One Fonts.

There ain't no such thing.  Do you know what you're talking about?

To answer the original question, yes, you can use the same fonts
(Adobe Type 1 PFB format) for windows atm, winos2 atm, and os/2 atm
(and the various ports of gnu ghostscript, for that matter).  One
difference is that you need the corresponding .afm (adobe font metric)
files for OS/2 atm, while win atm and winos2 atm look for .pfm files
(ghostscript doesn't use font metric files).  You can obtain most of
the .afm files you need from ps-file-server@adobe.com (this is a mail
server.  Send a message that says "help" to get help).

In article <1993Jan26.004332.26829@midway.uchicago.edu> jhrv@tao.cpe.uchicago.edu (John Kim) writes:
>There ain't no such thing.  Do you know what you're talking about?
>
>To answer the original question, yes, you can use the same fonts
>(Adobe Type 1 PFB format) for windows atm, winos2 atm, and os/2 atm
>(and the various ports of gnu ghostscript, for that matter).  One
>difference is that you need the corresponding .afm (adobe font metric)
>files for OS/2 atm, while win atm and winos2 atm look for .pfm files
>(ghostscript doesn't use font metric files).  You can obtain most of
>the .afm files you need from ps-file-server@adobe.com (this is a mail
>server.  Send a message that says "help" to get help).

I thought it was this way because I have different files for the two.
All you need is the different AFM/PFM files.  I stand corrected.  Thanks.

In article <1993Jan26.004332.26829@midway.uchicago.edu> jhrv@tao.cpe.uchicago.edu (John Kim) writes:
>
>files for OS/2 atm, while win atm and winos2 atm look for .pfm files
>(ghostscript doesn't use font metric files).  You can obtain most of
>the .afm files you need from ps-file-server@adobe.com (this is a mail
>server.  Send a message that says "help" to get help).
>

It's probably more convenient to now use Adobe's ftp site for these
files :

ftp.mv.us.adobe.com,  130.248.1.4

The ps-file-server service is closing in the near future, according
to a readme file on this site.

Raj

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In article <enk2.89.728002534@po.cwru.edu>, enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach) writes...
> 
>It is my understanding that OS/2 itself uses ATM Type One fonts, while 
>Windows (and therefore WIN-OS/2) uses ATM Type Two fonts.  So NO, they
>are not compatable.  Check around FTP sites (namely hobbes.nmsu.edu and such)
>for Type One Fonts.

NO, NO, NO!!!!

OS/2 2.0 uses Adobe type One fonts, using *.PFB and *.AFM files.  Windows, 
using Adobe type One fonts, uses *.PFB and *.PFM files.  From this 
standpoint (AFM vs. PFM), they are "incompatible". HOWEVER, there is a 
utility called PFM2AFM.EXE which will build mostly-complete AFM files from 
the PFM files.  These will work in OS/2.  You can also get the AFM files 
from the mail server at adobe.com (You still have to BUY the PFB files, but 
Windows ones are the same as OS/2 ones).

OS/2 2.0 does not use TrueType or the newer Adobe types.

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