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From: rce10845@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Robert C Elliott)
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Subject: Re: Postscript Type 1 font -> Type 3 font ?
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In article <9751@ubc-cs.UUCP> lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?) writes:
>Is it possible to convert a Type 1 font to a Type 3 font?  I know
>that Type 1 fonts have all the hints, etc., but I have a software
>Postscript emulator (Ravenscript which is essentially Ultrascript)
>which can handle Type 3 fonts but can't handle Type 1 fonts.  And
>I have this great Type 1 font that I can't use.  So can it be
>done?  Thanks in advance for any hints and advice,
>
>			Eric Lau
>			lau@cs.ubc.ca
>

The Macintosh program _Metamorphosis_ (version 1.3(or 1.2?) by Altsys, about
$100 mail-order from MacWarehouse or MacConnection) will convert Type 1 fonts
into Type 3 fonts.  Hints are probably lost in the process, unless
Altsys has some kind of Type 3 hinting code.

Actually it can only convert Type 1 and _Fontographer_ Type 3 fonts directly;
it converts any other font with assistance of a 68000-based laser printer 
(using cexec code like that which was posted to the net a few months
ago).

There's also a program called _Evolution_ by Image Club Software (about 
$80 advertised) that claims to convert any font, without printer
assistance.  I think this program was announced even before
Metamorphosis 1.0 was announced (and Altsys has made significant
improvements from 1.0 to 1.3) and it still was not shipping a month
ago.

Rob Elliott
Embossed Graphics