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From: tim@int13.hf.intel.com (Timothy E. Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: How do I find out what a font is?
Keywords: Information sources
Message-ID: <838@int13.hf.intel.com>
Date: 30 Aug 90 01:34:25 GMT
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Organization: Intel Corp., Oregon MicroComputer Division, Hillsboro, OR
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dkletter@adobe.COM writes:
>this font scaling technology is bascially PostScript at work. Bitstream
>uses it as well. the difference between their typefaces and ours is
>that Adobe typefaces are in the Type1 format (includes the encryption
>and hinting methods) and Bitstream's are Type3.

>of course, with the advent of the Black Book, anyone can produce Type1
>fonts if they so desire.

OK, I'll bite, what is the Black Book and where can I get a copy (and how
much does it cost?).

I'm new to the creation of fonts, I just got METAFONT up and running on
Unix System V/386 Release 3.2.2 (Intel's version), and generated the CMR
fonts into laserjet softfont file using pk2sfp.

Another question I have, has anyone created a pk to Windows 3.0 screen font
converter?  Or will I have to look a doing one (and have it done in time for
Win4.0 :-) )

Later,

Tim Forsyth
-- 
Tim Forsyth, tim@int13.hf.intel.com or forsytim@ccm.hf.intel.com
Intel Corp., Oregon MicroComputer Division, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA