[softwarelist] Re: Fonts
- From: Martin Wuerthner <public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:39:13 +0100
In message <VFhy0uF5x6CNFwd9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <d8f1228751.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner
> <public@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>Finally, it is worth noting that high quality RISC OS fonts (most
>>notably, EFF fonts) often come complete with PostScript Type-1 files,
>>just not exactly in the format required by Windows. Any decent font
>>editor should be able to convert the fonts to the required format.
> Is there a name for this conversion?
Yes. The PostScript Type-1 font you sometimes find alongside RISC OS
fonts is in AFM/PFA format. Windows needs PFM/PFB format. So, you need
to be able to convert from AFM to PFM and from PFA to PFB. Or, more
simply, you need a font editor that can import AFM/PFA fonts (or maybe
even RISC OS outline fonts). Any Windows font editor should be able to
save PFM/PFB fonts for use with Windows, so that part is easy.
There was a newsgroup thread about this titled "RiscOS to Windoze font
conversion - help!" in comp.sys.acorn.apps in March.
Martin
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