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SENS@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu (Sunando Sen) writes:

>I found a program called pfb2pk in tex.ac.uk, which apparently converts
>Adobe Type Manager fonts into METAFONT.  I could compile it (using emx/GCC
>for OS/2 2.0) without any problem, but when I tried it on the Times New
>Roman font that comes with OS/2 2.0, I could not succeed.  I went through
>the steps pfb2pfa -> pfa2chr -> chr2ps -> ps2mf.  In the last step, ps2mf
>aborted with a message about "stack underflow" or something like that.
>Actually, I could convert the italics, bold and bold italics of the Times
>New Roman family.  ps2mf didn't work only for the roman font.  Is this a
>problem with the font, or the ps2mf program, or just me?  Has anyone else
>had the same problem with the same font?  I also found out about another
>program called ps2pk.  But there is only a DOS version which will not run
>under OS/2.  Is there an OS/2 version?  I would like to know about the
>pros and cons of the two programs.  Thanking in anticipation.

>Sincerely,

>Sunando Sen
>sens@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu

Ps2pk is a more practical approach than pfb2mf. I have put a EMX version of
ps2pk on ftp.urc.tue.nl (pub/tex/emtex/emx/ps2pk386.zip). This version is
based upon the EMX/gcc so it should work with OS/2 and MSDOS. Because I
don't use OS/2 myself I can not tell you if it works perfect. You have to
find out yourself.

See the ps2pk12.README (ftp.urc.tue.nl:pub/tex) for more information about
ps2pk.

I hope you will enjoy it!

--Piet

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