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From: smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (J. Daniel Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: AFM files: of any use?
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Date: 16 Nov 89 02:29:44 GMT
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In article <12830@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
>In article <8049@cg-atla.UUCP>, hjortsho@cg-atla.UUCP (Erik Hjortshoj) writes:
>> In article <134400010@cdp> jwhiting@cdp.UUCP writes:
>> |Do _any_ applications make use of AFM files?
>
>> Yup, they are used.
>
>So, then, why aren't they made available?  When I buy a PostScript laser
>printer, I don't get AFM files for the fonts.  I can get them from the
Isn't there some PostScript programs that sends the AFM information
from the printer to the host comptuer?  

I agree, this doesn't help joe consumer much, since the program is
also from the file-server or some other source.  

   Dan
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