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From: bourd@buster.cps.msu.edu (Robert Bourdeau)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Font file standards
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Date: 30 Jan 91 15:47:47 GMT
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Reply-To: bourd@buster.cps.msu.edu (Robert Bourdeau)
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I have downloaded several font files from the net, and have encountered
some problems using them. These fonts are for the Laser Jet family.

Here are some of the questions that I have:
	1.	Is there a standard format for the font file
		header? If so, what is it?  My impression is that
		there are several variations.

	2.	Some of the unusual fonts have strange type face
		codes and thus are not selected correctly by the Laser
		Jet when selecetd based on typeface. Can the typeface
		codes in the font descriptor be changed arbitrarily by me?
		

If I can get answers to these questions, perhaps the many others I have
can be answered by me.

Thanks in advance.

Robert Bourdeau
Michigan State University
bourd@buster.cps.msu.edu