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From: orthlieb@adobe.COM (Carl Orthlieb)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: AFM and PFM format, conversion?
Message-ID: <13903@adobe.UUCP>
Date: 10 Apr 91 20:19:19 GMT
References: <1991Apr7.200742.5025@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1991Apr9.171719.26247@cs.ubc.ca>
Reply-To: orthlieb@adobe.UUCP (Carl Orthlieb)
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mountain View
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PFM stands for Printer Font Metrics. These are files created by
Microsoft for Windows and contain text metrics for 'soft' fonts.
The installation programs that come with our fonts know how to create these
.PFM files for use under Windows.

Microsoft has allowed us to distribute the 'Printer Font Metrics Files'
specification as hard copy (we don't have an electronic version) and this
is available to all of our registered developers.

You can also call Microsoft and ask for document number SY0329c-300-R00-1089.
This document is shipped out as part of the documentation for the Microsoft
Windows Device Development Kit (DDK).  Chapter 4 of this document discusses
.PFM files for PostScript Printers.

Hope this helps, Carl 8^)