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Kareth writes

> I'm about to buy some Mac Type 1 Postscript fonts for my
> NeXT, however, knowing Mac's, I'm curious if anyone knows
> if Type 1 on a Mac is the same as Type 1 on a NeXT.  Can
> I just copy them over to my NeXT, or do I have to go
> through Metamorphis to convert them into Type 1 that will
> work on the NeXT?

As for as the raw Type 1 font information is concerned,
they are exactly the same.  HOWEVER, the Mac has a funky
'format' that will require a conversion tool for.  On
the Mac, the Type 1 font program sits in the resource
fork, with some additional header information present
for the downloader utility to use.  If you took a Mac
font and stripped out this additional information, to
obtain the raw Type 1 font program, it would work on the
NeXT.  The trick for going towards the Mac is to create
that information.  This is best not done by hand, but
with a simple conversion program.

What you want to make sure and *not* do is to use a
conversion program that will actually muck with the Type
1 font program itself - this may change the font and
loose the hinting, resulting in a loss of quality.

Remember, treat a Type 1 font program according to the
copyright laws that they are covered under.  They are
programs, not to be copied willy-nilly.

Scott Byer                                   NeXTMail: byer@adobe.com
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