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Gordon Van Huizen writes
> Meta Pro provides conversion to and from many font file [...]

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).

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).  The version I've got also has a problem with  
naming fonts properly (bold, italic, etc.).  I'm not sure about the  
very latest version though.  This is easily fixable, and I suspect  
Altsys has done so.

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).  In System 7 you can even have three  
programs active concurrently (not really multitasking, but I'm not  
going to get into Mac bashing).

In short, I find it way more convenient to have Meta Pro (which I  
bought) and UnStuffit! (which uncompresses both Compact Pro and most  
Stuffit! archives) going on a speedy System 7 Mac so I can convert tons  
of fonts at once, ftp the whole mess to the NeXT and run a simple shell  
script to fix the names and make .font folders.  The font name editing  
I do by hand because some of the changes that need to be made are way  
over the capacity of any fancy UNIX filter.  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).
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-- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
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