Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!kth.se!cyklop.nada.kth.se!news From: d87-ewa@byse.nada.kth.se (Erik Wallin) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Converting PFB files to `standard' PostScript Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 20:03:55 GMT References: <1991May13.164422.385@otago.ac.nz> Sender: news@nada.kth.se (Mr News) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 29 In-reply-to: graeme@otago.ac.nz's message of 13 May 91 06:30:47 GMT Graeme McKinstry writes: ... >Does anyone have a program that converts these PFB files into `standard' >PostScript? Anything under VMS, Unix (Ultrix), DOS, or Mac would be ... I have made a small C-hack based on information in a document called "Supporting downloadable Postscript fonts" by Adobe. The program is a filter called pfb2ps. It will convert a .PFB file (which is a binary format) to plain text. As Graeme McKinstry points out, it is also possible to cut the font from PageMaker's printer output. If you have more than one font though, that's a real pain. I had >100 fonts to convert when I wrote pfb2ps and no PC access. The document mentioned above can be be obtained from Adobe's fileserver. To get started send a mail, containing the single word help, to . To get the document send "send Documents supportingfonts.ps". The document is also called Technical note #5040. If anyone is interested in my little hack send me a mail with the subject: "Yes, I want pfb2ps.c!". If more than 10 people reply I will consider posting it to one of the xxx.xxx.source groups. - Erik Wallin, student since 1987 at Computer Science and Engineering, - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden - Internet: d87-ewa@nada.kth.se