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From: rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 1.3 fonts
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.063852.25598@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
Date: 10 Apr 91 06:38:52 GMT
References: <9603@star.cs.vu.nl>
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In article <9603@star.cs.vu.nl> mabdoor@cs.vu.nl (Doorn van MAB) writes:
>Because 1.3 has a build-in Adobe Type Manager I thought it should be
>possible to use the Windows 3.0 Adobe Type Manager fonts with OS/2 1.3
>I downloaded several ATM fonts from garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.12.37)
>(directory pc/win3/fonts)
>But I could only use one font (sntfra.zip). (I used ControlPanel to
>install the font)
>Why can't I use Windows 3.0 Adobe fonts with OS/2 1.3 ??
>I thought Adobe was a standard....

Windows ATM uses only the .PFB and .PFM files of the Type 1 fonts but
OS/2 ATM needs the .PFB and .ATM files. Because most of the Type 1 fonts
floating around are from Windows ATM users, they don't include the .ATM
file :-( :-(

I have dozens of Type 1 fonts laying around, all but 6 without the .AFM
file :-(

I have already asked in comp.lang.postscript for a .PFM to .AFM
conversion but with no luck so far.

Kai Uwe Rommel

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