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In article <BzJstE.IIn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B.  
Nicholson-Owens) writes:
> Actually, I've been unable to use it to convert from any
> format but Mac   font files.  It will convert to many file
> formats for many machines,   but the input has to be a Mac
> font (as far as I know). 

I meant Type 1, Type 3 and TrueType. I guess that's only 3 -
not "many". :-) 
 
> It doesn't create the font wrappers, but if you know how to
> use the   mkdir and mv commands, it's no problem at all
> (shell scripts come in   really handy here).   

Our tech support has worked with many people that have
never brought up a terminal window, much less written
shell scripts. 

> Also, since most of the PD/Shareware fonts available on
> Mac archives   are in Binhex and either Stuffit! or Compact
> Pro archives (which   neither Meta Pro nor MetroTools will
> uncompress), it might be more   convenient to be on a Mac
> (since the tools to uncompress the fonts   exist on the Mac
> for free).  . 

Opener (or unsit which it invokes) will deal with StuffIt
files. MetroTools works directly with uncompressed
MacBinary downloads (of which there are quite a few).
Between the two, there are hundreds of tyepfaces
available for use without having access to a Mac. 

We have a lot of customers though that are migrating from
Macs to NeXTs, and already have uncompressed font
libraries on Mac disk volumes of one sort or another. For
them, MetroTools is the fastest, cheapest alternative. 

> If you can't handle making   a short UNIX shell script for
> renaming and folder creation, you might   be better off
> with the font installer in MetroTools.  This task is  
> totally doable with shell scripts though (and you can
> save yourself   some dough along the way). 

If the comparison is purchasing Meta Pro and doing it on a
Mac, then dealing with the rest by hand, you're not saving
any money over MetroTools. Don't get me wrong - Meta Pro is
a great product that does things MetroTools can't. It
isn't a less expensive alternative though. And with
MetroTools you get all those other nifty tools... :-) 

Gordon
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