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- Welcome to DumpPfm version 1.4
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- Printer Font Metrics Dumper
-
-
- Short description :
- -------------------
-
- This little program was written because of the many problems I had with
- .PFM files. The format of the files was very unclear and it appeared that
- at least two different formats were used by various fonts.
-
-
- Files in this package:
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-
- README.DOC - This file!
- DUMPPFM.EXE - Executable
-
-
- Usage :
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-
- The syntax is very easy:
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- DUMPPFM file[.PFM]
-
- Note that the .PFM extension is not essential, DumpPfm does extension guessing.
-
- Before using this product, please read the full documentation to see if
- it fits your needs. If it doesn't, or if you have any questions or
- suggestions concerning this product or any other products, please
- contact the address below:
-
- P.S.O.
- attn. Jeroen W. Pluimers
- P.O. Box 266
- 2170 AG Sassenheim
- The Netherlands.
-
- fidonet: 2:281/521
- internet: jeroenp@rulfc1.LeidenUniv.nl
-
-
- How it works :
- --------------
-
- DumpPfm uses the information of the Printers and Fonts toolkit manual
- that can be found in the Microsoft DDK to disasseble the PFM file.
- This way, bare bones PFM files could be dumped, but not the PFM files
- that were shipped with PostScript and PCL fonts.
-
- After browsing some other manuals (Aldus, Adobe) and some binaries (PCL
- and PostScript drivers), it appeared that at least two different PFM
- files were used. A warning was added into the program.
-
- This means DumpPfm is not perfect, there might be some things that I
- overlooked. When I find time, I'll take a look at the PCL and PostScript
- driver sources to make it better.
-
-
- Copyright / License / Disclaimer
- --------------------------------
-
- I hope you enjoy my work, it did cost some time get it all done, but now
- it works fine for me. As I wrote the source code, the next copyright
- message applies.
-
- __________________________________________________________________
- DumpPfm 1.4 is copyright (c) 1991 by Jeroen W. Pluimers for P.S.O.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- This means that are free to use, copy and distribute DumpPfm for
- noncommercial use IF:
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- NO FEE IS CHARGED FOR USE, COPYING OR DISTRIBUTION.
-
- IT IS NOT MODIFIED IN ANY WAY.
-
- BOTH ARE COPIED TOGETHER.
-
-
- Clubs and user groups may charge a nominal fee (not to exceed $10) for
- expenses and handling while distributing them.
-
- As I don't want to be liable for any possible damages caused by DumpPfm,
- the next disclaimer is included.
-
- Jeroen W. Pluimers, hereafter called 'the author' hereby disclaims all
- warranties relating to the software included into this package, whether
- express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties
- of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The author will
- not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or
- similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if the
- author has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event
- shall the author's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid
- for the license to use software, regardless of the form of the claim.
- The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and
- performance of the software.
-
- For reactions and donations (would be appreciated, no money --> no
- new software) write to:
-
- P.S.O.
- attn. Jeroen W. Pluimers
- P.O. Box 266
- 2170 AG Sassenheim
- The Netherlands.
-
- fidonet: 2:281/521
- internet: jeroenp@rulfc1.LeidenUniv.nl
-
- If you register yourself as a user of this utility, by sending $25
- or more, you will send you a disk with the newest version as soon
- as possible, and you get a message when the first new version comes
- out.
-
- Revision history :
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-
- Version 1.4 : * Changed PostScript ANSI encoding to windows 3.1
- * Added default extension of .PFM
- * Fixed documentation (one occurance of UpConv)
-
- Version 1.3.1 : * Added description for boolean fields
-
- Version 1.3 : * Added encoding recognition after some
- hints from Berthold K.P. Horn
- * Added warning about NumKernTracks incompatibility
- * Added compatibility issues section
- * Bug fix in PostScript width table description
-
- Version 1.2 : * Added width table for PCL fonts
- * Added family and pitch description
- * Bug fixes
-
- Version 1.1.1: * Bug fixes
- * Added Symbol font detection
- * More PostScript character names
-
- Version 1.1 : * Added PostScript names for ANSI encoding
- * Added PostScript names for standard encoding
- * Added character set (ANSI/standard) detection
-
- Version 1.0 : * Added warning about NumKernPairs incompatability
-
- Version 0.9 : * Initial test version
-