Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!olivea!decwrl!world!lucifer
From: lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GS Fonts
Summary: it's easy
Message-ID: <1991Jan26.040050.22505@world.std.com>
Date: 26 Jan 91 04:00:50 GMT
References: <1991Jan24.123542@IASTATE.EDU> <1918@winnie.fit.edu> <5465@husc6.harvard.edu>
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
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In article <5465@husc6.harvard.edu> ehsu@husc9.UUCP (Eric Hsu) writes:
>I was wondering...
>
>(1) What is the difference between GS Font formats and Mac Font formats? Given a
>Mac font file, how easily can it be converted to the GS format?

Not much difference. AND they are relatively easy to convert...I do it all
the time. Bare minimum you need ResEdit which converts certain Mac 
resources to //gs data. A program such as Fontasm will also be useful to
tweek the font look & parameters once you transfer them.

If you download them straight to your //gs (assuming they are in .SIT
format) you will need to use Shrinkit to unpack them and save the
resources as a separate file. 

If you do like I do, transferring from a Mac disk to the //gs, use
HFSlink or similar utility to transfer the program to the //gs. Then
use ResEdit.

>(2) Where does one usually find fonts for sale or in the public domain, anyway

Local BBS, America Online, software vendors...all the usual places.


>Eric Hsu                           ehsu@husc4.Bitnet, ehsu@husc9.harvard.edu


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