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Date:      Wed, 07 Jun 2000 00:06:38 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        Ken Marx <kmarx@bigshed.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: typesmith?
Message-ID:  <393D75EE.E684B2B0@i-clue.de>
References:  <393D6D87.99A18E78@bigshed.com>

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Ken Marx wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm interested in creating downloadable PCL fonts
> for hp printers.

Why would you do this? A vendor-specific font format is no good idea --
although you accidently named the secondmost popular format.

> Does anyone know one or more of the following:
>
> 1. How to do this simply?

Install Ghostscript.

> 2. Where to find downloadable PCL font format specs
>    and/or intellifont format specs?

At HP, probably. Expect a hefty license price tag.

> 3. If amiga's TypeSmith is available free or commercially as a freebsd or
>    linux port? Ditto for other similar tools?

No. Amiga is noty easily portable to anything except Amiga.

> 4. any other ideas or approaches...

Install ghostscript, connect your printer, print anything. It just works.

HTH
-Christoph Sold



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