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From: burgess@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard Burgess)
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Subject: Go/Ghostscript usage of .pfm, .pfb fonts
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Date: 21 Apr 91 21:59:46 GMT
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I have in my posession:
              a.  GoScript (tm: LaserGO) with 35 .gsf fonts
              b.  GhostScript 1.3
              c.  ATM for windows
With (a), I can print postscript files on my deskjet printer
that think they are going to a "postscript printer with only
the built in 35 fonts".

With (b), I can display postscript files on my screen (in EGA)
but text in only with one crummy font (that gets truncated (top
and bottom) half the time).

With (c), I can print documents in Windows with scalable,
postscript fonts (not graphics).

But you probably already knew all that.

I want my postscript environment to be more seamless--ie. I
want to be able to view a file with Ghostscript and then 
print it with GoScript.  The problem is the fonts.  Because
I have ATM have lots of postscript fonts (+pack, cica, etc).
My question is how to get both programs to recognize my
fonts (mostly in .pfm or .pfb format) and then process
them correctly.  Postscript is the common denominator so
I don't see why there shouldn't be some way to do this.

A look at .pfm, .pfb, .afm, .inf, .gsf, gfonts.ps, and .cp 
files among others, leads me to believe that I will have to 
write a new postscript routine to allow GhostScript to read
the files( although common sense says it should already be 
able to read these standard formats.  As for GoScripts .gsf
format, I have no idea what it is or how to get fonts in that
format (the .gsf files are "garbage" ie. no recognizable
postscript commands or font headers".

Whether a pointer to a FAQ, a procedure for getting started
in postscript programming, a RED/GREEN book page reference 
(I will have access to the books at work this summer), or
a *sigh* flame for tying up the net with novice questions,
I would appreciate any response.

Anyone who can help me print with GoScript or view with
Ghostscript can post or email as I follow the group.

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