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From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten)
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Subject: Re: Adobe Font Metric (AFM) files / downloading resident fonts
Keywords: AFM, downloading of resident PostScript fonts
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Date: 3 Oct 90 14:55:53 GMT
References: <1990Oct1.135938.12496@jafus.mi.org>
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In-reply-to: eddy@jafus.mi.org (Eddy J. Gurney)

In article <1990Oct1.135938.12496@jafus.mi.org>, eddy@jafus (Eddy J. Gurney) writes:
>I use A.T.M., and hence, have all the LaserWriter PS Fonts in a
>directory in my System Folder.  When I create this PS file, it CONTAINS
>the downloadable versions of all the fonts I used in the document, even
>though they're resident in the printer!  So, to save disk space and
>transfer time, I have to move all the fonts to another directory, then
>move them back after "printing" to disk.  A REAL pain - but worthwhile
>for ATM's sake.

If you *don't* use TypeAlign, here's a better way.  Just use DiskTop
or ResEdit or your favorite utility that can edit file creator and
type codes.  Change the type of the printer font files (the PostScript
files, not the bitmaps) from "LWFN" to something like "xWFN".  ATM
will still be able to find and use the fonts, but the printing
routines look for files of type "LWFN" when it comes time to download
fonts.

Alas, TypeAlign uses the same scheme, so if you're using it regularly,
the above solution won't do you much good.  But it should help most
people who have this problem.

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