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Article #36866Re: What are Adobe AFM files for?
From: Kevin O'Gorman
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1989 15:23
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1989 15:23
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In article <3536@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie) writes: >I've been using several Adobe fonts for a while and I still am not sure >what the heck the Adobe Font Metric (AFM) files are for. Are they used >to better display the fonts on the screen or just when printing? > >Basically, I work on 2 systems, only 1 of which is connected to a >LaserWriter. Should I install the AFM files on both machines or just >the printing one? > >Thanks for the help... If you don't know what they're for, just throw them away. No kidding! They are text files (open them in your favorite word processor and browse). I have written applications that use them all the time. They contain information about character size, kerning (placement adjustments), and character formation that are useful if you're writing an application that will output to a LaserWriter or similar printer without going through the standard Macintosh printer driver. Your standard applications don't need them, since they get this information from QuickDraw.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!ames!haven!purdue!bu-cs!mirror!rayssd!srhqla!kosman!kevin From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What are Adobe AFM files for? Message-ID: <537@kosman.UUCP> Date: 26 Jan 89 15:23:18 GMT References: <3536@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Reply-To: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Root) Distribution: na Organization: K.O.'s Manor - Vital Computer Systems, Oxnard, CA 93035 Lines: 22