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- From: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
- Subject: Re: Converting Mac PS fonts to NeXT?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.075823.708@metrosoft.com>
- Sender: gvh@metrosoft.com
- Reply-To: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
- Organization: Metrosoft
- References: <BzJstE.IIn@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 07:58:23 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- In article <BzJstE.IIn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B.
- Nicholson-Owens) writes:
- > Actually, I've been unable to use it to convert from any
- > format but Mac font files. It will convert to many file
- > formats for many machines, but the input has to be a Mac
- > font (as far as I know).
-
- I meant Type 1, Type 3 and TrueType. I guess that's only 3 -
- not "many". :-)
-
- > It doesn't create the font wrappers, but if you know how to
- > use the mkdir and mv commands, it's no problem at all
- > (shell scripts come in really handy here).
-
- Our tech support has worked with many people that have
- never brought up a terminal window, much less written
- shell scripts.
-
- > Also, since most of the PD/Shareware fonts available on
- > Mac archives are in Binhex and either Stuffit! or Compact
- > Pro archives (which neither Meta Pro nor MetroTools will
- > uncompress), it might be more convenient to be on a Mac
- > (since the tools to uncompress the fonts exist on the Mac
- > for free). .
-
- Opener (or unsit which it invokes) will deal with StuffIt
- files. MetroTools works directly with uncompressed
- MacBinary downloads (of which there are quite a few).
- Between the two, there are hundreds of tyepfaces
- available for use without having access to a Mac.
-
- We have a lot of customers though that are migrating from
- Macs to NeXTs, and already have uncompressed font
- libraries on Mac disk volumes of one sort or another. For
- them, MetroTools is the fastest, cheapest alternative.
-
- > If you can't handle making a short UNIX shell script for
- > renaming and folder creation, you might be better off
- > with the font installer in MetroTools. This task is
- > totally doable with shell scripts though (and you can
- > save yourself some dough along the way).
-
- If the comparison is purchasing Meta Pro and doing it on a
- Mac, then dealing with the rest by hand, you're not saving
- any money over MetroTools. Don't get me wrong - Meta Pro is
- a great product that does things MetroTools can't. It
- isn't a less expensive alternative though. And with
- MetroTools you get all those other nifty tools... :-)
-
- Gordon
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