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- Received: (from ks@localhost) by fotodesign.spacenet.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA00591; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 10:35:42 +0200
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- Subject: Re: Executor/DOS problems handling Mac fonts
- Cc: kyle@rtoads.com, executor@ardi.com
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- In-reply-to: <m0u6vXg-0007rZC@ftp.ardi.com>
- To: "Clifford T. Matthews" <ctm@ardi.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 10:35:42 +0200
- From: Karsten Schneeberger <ks@fotodesign.spacenet.de>
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- On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Clifford T. Matthews wrote:
-
- > Hmmm... So you're copying fonts from the Mac to the PC and you then
- > use some conversion program that wants the resource fork? I don't
- > know what Mac-ette does, but Executor doesn't give you the resource
- > fork in a file by itself. The datafork is in a file by itself, but
- > the resource fork is combined in a file that also contains the type
- > information and a map of what information is stored where. You can
- > strip the first 512 bytes of the %file and then you're left with just
- > the resource fork.
-
- Can you just tell me how to do this with Linux ? I'll try this.
-
- I can ftp the font conversion program to ARDI if you like. This
- program converts between mac and pc ps-fonts and I think that all
- it does is to strip some bytes off the mac-outline font to generate
- the pc ps-font *.pfb .
-
- There are other conversion programs to convert the bitmapped fonts
- to the pc screen fonts *.pfm - but I was not happy with the converted
- screen fonts (they look ugly, bad kerning). I prefer using the original
- *.pfm screen fonts; they are stored on every mac&pc font CD along with
- the suitcases that contain the mac bitmapped fonts.
-
- --- Karsten Schneeberger
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