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Date:      Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:00:32 +0100
From:      Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org>
To:        User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, Ryan Coleman <ryan.coleman@cwis.biz>
Subject:   Re: where is pfm2afm
Message-ID:  <20100722150032.GB54396@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100722145710.GB9261@current.Sisis.de>
References:  <20100722143910.GA9261@current.Sisis.de> <8333827E-9AE5-4374-91EC-68B620BEFBBB@cwis.biz> <20100722145710.GB9261@current.Sisis.de>

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On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 04:57:10PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El d=EDa Thursday, July 22, 2010 a las 09:47:52AM -0500, Ryan Coleman esc=
ribi=F3:
>=20
> > It converts Postscript Font files into Adobe Font Manager files.
> >=20
> > I've have not a use for it (yet).
>=20
> Background of my question is the need of Type 1 font files which cover
> most of the European Unicode scripts for the usage in CUPS.
>=20
> In some FAQ I read:
>=20
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Font-HOWTO/
>=20
> 9.2. Type 1 Fonts and Metafont
> 9.2.1. Dealing With Mac and Windows Formats
> Many foundries ship fonts with Windows and Mac users in mind. This can
> sometimes pose a problem. Typically, the ``Windows fonts'' are fairly
> easy to handle, because they are packed in a zip file. The only work to
> be done is converting the pfm file to and afm file (using pfm2afm)....
>=20
> That's why the question:
>=20
> > > Is 'pfm2afm' part of some port in /usr/ports? Thanks in advance

print/ghostscript* installs something called pf2afm, which seems to be
the same thing.

Dan

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