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From: paul@frcs.UUCP (Paul Nash)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: One more time: Adobe font files
Message-ID: <418@frcs.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 91 10:38:06 GMT
References: <24210@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Free Range Computer Systems CC
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Thus spake ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard):

> This subject has hardly been discussed, and I don't remember seeing any
> definite answer.  So, I'll ask again: Are the Adobe font files on the
> Macintosh compatible with the PC, and vice versa? (Ignore the Mac header.)
> Can I use my Mac Adobe fonts on a PC, say, using ATM?

Not as such.  The Mac stores most of the font file in the resource
fork, while the PC stores everything in one file.  I had problems
converting Mac format fonts to PC format a while back, and managed
to get a lot of info about the formats via the net.  If you want to
know what the different formats look like, I can mail you details
of them (if I can still find them :-)), as well as a quick C hack
to un-Mac a Mac format file.  This converts to vanilla Postscript,
_not_ DOS AFM format, but does allow downloading to printers.

Send me mail if you want any of the above.

	paul

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