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Article #9402Re: PS font files
From: Piggysoft
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 16:57
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 16:57
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In article <1517@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> jeremyr@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Jeremy Roussak) writes:
>I'm sure this has been asked before, but could someone tell me where
>in a FONT or FOND resource the printer font file name is stored?
>I can't seem to find it.
The FOND resources containes the PostScript /findfont name of a
font.
From this the name of the downloadable font file is constructed.
Five letters from the beginning of the name, three from any
subsequent portion of the name.
Expl:
Palatino Palat
Palatino-Roman PalatRom
Palatino-Bold-Italic PalatBolIta
If you need references to the "official" documentation send me a note.
from the desktop metaphor of
Fabian Hahn
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!tub!tubopal!piggy From: piggy@tubopal.UUCP (Piggysoft) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: PS font files Message-ID: <737@sorsele.tubopal.UUCP> Date: 12 Dec 89 16:57:43 GMT References: <1517@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> Reply-To: piggy@tubopal.UUCP (Piggysoft) Organization: TU Berlin FB 20 Lines: 27