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From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Generating AFM files for PD fonts
Summary: Pipeline Associates
Message-ID: <22168@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 14 Dec 90 16:54:33 GMT
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austin@skorpio.USask.CA (Alvin Austin) writes:
 
> Has anyone come up with some code to produce at least a 
> partial AFM file (which could then be hand-edited), either
> by writing a stand-alone program, or maybe sending the 
> font to the printer, then using 'stringwidth' (and other)
> operators, and then capturing the 'print' output?
 
Pipeline Associates (publishers of The PostScript Journal) has
getafm.ps, which when sent to the printer, will return the AFM
file for a font.  Does anyone have an email address for
Pipeline?
 
Ken (shiva@well.sf.ca.us)