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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--8P1HSweYDcXXzwPJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --8P1HSweYDcXXzwPJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxIXRAACgkQixf5fBYiFmrj6wCdFa2YHsUOrHePNZuZpShcJsSN nrAAn1xLNiS0yAqCPFmnSarVRHOOuwc9 =USO8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8P1HSweYDcXXzwPJ--
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