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From: rberlin@birdlandEng.Sun.COM (Rich Berlin)
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Subject: Re: REPOST: Making a small caps font
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Date: 3 May 91 17:20:53 GMT
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In article <1991May3.093653.8120@pronto.mh.nl>, jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) writes:
|> 
|> Given a downloadable PostScript font (PS and AFM file), is it
|> possible to create a SmallCaps font for it, by munging the AFM file
|> only? 
|> 
|> This font must be used by several different applications, so specific
|> solutions (e.g. TeX virtual fonts), though helpful, are not what we
|> are looking for.
|> 
|> Any help is appreciated.

I don't think you can affect the display of the font by modifying the
AFM file.

It seems to me that the obvious way to implement it is with a
Composite Font with an FMapType of 6.  Unfortunately, that's a Level 2
feature so most printers still don't have it

-- Rich