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From: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Which programs use AFM files?
Keywords: AFM
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.040711.7666@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 22 Aug 90 04:07:11 GMT
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In article <6417@milton.u.washington.edu> graham@isis.ee.washington.edu (Stephen Graham) writes:
>I'm interested in finding out which programs (primarily Mac,
>but also on other machines) actually use the *.AFM files.
>I presume that Illustrator does. Also probably PageMaker,
>Quark XPress and their ilk. However, what else?

Sorry. Virtually all of the Mac applications get their font width information
from the Mac screen fonts. The only two applications I am aware of that need
the AFM files are JustText (an old, outdated typesetting/composition program)
and the Mac version of TeX. PC users, on the other hand, have many uses for
the AFM files...

Robert

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