Re: The easy way to install fonts (Re: Good NeXT ps font collection loaded to sonata!)

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From: Paul S. Sears
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:34

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In article <62902@mimsy.umd.edu> alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) writes:
#In article <1992Dec17.010242.9928@socrates.umd.edu> ice@socrates.umd.edu  
(Fredrik Nyman) writes:
#> sears@tree.egr.uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) writes:
#> >Ok... what does one do exactly to install these fonts. 
#
#if you've ever purchased any Adobe fonts, you received an app called 
#FontInstaller.app on the floppies. just double click on that app
#and select the font package and destination and it takes care of the  
rest.
#
#It makes it even more worthwhile buy at least one Typeset or typeface  
from Adobe.

I guess that everyone misunderstood my question.  I know how to use  
buildafmdir and cacheAFMData to install new fonts.  I also know about  
FontInstaller.app from Adobe.  Apparently they do not do exactly the same  
thing, because after I install fonts with FontInstaller.app, the following  
directories are created:

afm
bitmap
outline

However, when I run buildafmdir on any new fonts, those directories are  
not created.  My question is basically, which is better to use?   
buildafmdir is much faster, but it *seems* that FontInstaller.app does a  
better job in installing fonts.

What FontInstaller does is to separate the afm bitmaps and outlines from  
each font.  Is this the better way of doing it?  or is buildafmdir the  
better way?


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