Re: Create Fonts

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From: David Charlap
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:47

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In article <wf1gJ8S00iUzQ37fkD@andrew.cmu.edu> sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy) writes:
>I'm also interested in doing this.  Is there a specification of the .pfb
>format somewhere accessable, and do I have to know PostScript to be able
>to program it?

The .PFB/.AFM format for fonts is an Adobe format.  They sell
developer's kits.  I don't think you'll need to know the PostScript
language, but you may have to know some internals of ATM, which would
be documented in Adobe's kit.

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