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From: rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: AFM and PFM format, conversion?
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Date: 7 Apr 91 20:07:42 GMT
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I have a question. In case it does not belong to this newsgroup, please
point me to the correct one.

During the last time, the Adobe Type Manager (ATM) has become very
popular. It uses Adobe Type 1 fonts as input. ATM is available for
Microsoft Windows and is included with each copy of OS/2 1.3 free of
charge.

Now the problem: ATM for Windows uses the .PFB and the .PFM files from
the Type 1 fonts but ATM for OS/2 uses the .PFB and the .AFM files.
Currently, because Windows is more popular than OS/2, there appear many
free Adobe Type 1 fonts which only contain the .PFB and .PFM files but
not the .AFM file. I cannot use these fonts with ATM for OS/2.

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?

Thanks in advance,
Kai Uwe Rommel

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