Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:1678 comp.sys.mac.apps:1791 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!sharkey!jafus!eddy From: eddy@jafus.mi.org (Eddy J. Gurney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Adobe Font Metric (AFM) files / downloading resident fonts Keywords: AFM, downloading of resident PostScript fonts Message-ID: <1990Oct1.135938.12496@jafus.mi.org> Date: 1 Oct 90 13:59:38 GMT Sender: eddy@jafus.mi.org (Eddy J. Gurney) Organization: Eccentricity Technologies - East Lansing, MI Lines: 37 Both of these questions have probably been asked before, but I must have missed them the first time around. Any help (or other references) would be most appreciated. First, does the Mac use Adobe's Font Metric files? Or do specific applications need to be programmed to use them. Like, does Adobe Type Manager use them? PageMaker 4.0? FreeHand? Illustrator? Word 4.0? If they're not used, I could free up a _bunch_ of space on this here hard drive... :-) Secondly, I don't have a PostScript printer connected to my IIcx at home. (Unfortunately 8-) So, when I need something printed out, I will use the "Click-and-hold-OK, hold-Command-K, Release-mouse-button, Wait-for-'Creating PostScript'-dialog" method of printing PS files to disk. Here's where the problem comes in: 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. How can I "hack" the LaserWriter drivers to "download" ONLY those fonts that AREN'T in the "Standard 35"??? I remember reading that under normal printing conditions, it asks the printer "Do you have Palatino?" and if it says "yes", it doesn't download it. Obviously, when printing to disk, this approach doesn't work... Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any information. E.J.G. -- Eddy J. Gurney N8FPW <17158EJG@MSU.BITNET> (Preferred) (If your mail bounces) (If you HAVE to :-)