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From: timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: AFM and PFM format, conversion?
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Date: 8 Apr 91 15:05:01 GMT
References: <1991Apr7.200742.5025@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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In article <1991Apr7.200742.5025@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes:
>As I understand, both the .PFM and .AFM files contain font metrics
>information, but in different format. Is this true? If so, can the .PFM
>files be converted to .AFM versions? Is there a utility available for
>this purpose?
>
Adobe has a fileserver that (I think) contains files like these.  The
only problem is that they probably contain the data for the fonts that
they produce ONLY.

Someone posted the address some time ago.  Try looking through
an old article.  It's something like: postscript-server@adobe.com


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