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Welcome to DumpPfm version 1.5.1
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Printer Font Metrics Dumper
Short description :
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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:
DUMPPFM [/Verbose] file[.PFM] [file.[AFM]]
Normally, an AFM file will be generated, but the /Verbose switch can be
used to dump complete info (including some Windows 3.0 and ATM
peculiarities).
Note that the .PFM and .AFM extensions are not essential, DumpPfm does
extension guessing for the PFM file and for the AFM file when it is not
in /Verbose mode.
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 :
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DumpPfm uses the information of the Printers and Fonts toolkit manual
that can be found in the Microsoft DDK to disassemble 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
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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 1.5.1 is copyright (c) 1991,1992 by Jeroen W. Pluimers for P.S.O.
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This means that you are free to use, copy and distribute DumpPfm for
noncommercial use IF:
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.
internet: jeroenp@rulfc1.LeidenUniv.nl
fidonet: 2:281/521
compuserve: 100013,1443
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 1.5.1 : * Distribution version for undocumented windows book
* Documentation update
Version 1.5 : * Added ability to dump as an AFM file (default)
or with a command line switch as a verbose dump
Version 1.4.1 : * Added ATM style and Face Name reporting
ATM 1.0 and 1.1 erroneously consider weights
401 and above to be "BOLD". ATM 1.15 and
correctly consider weights of 501 and up to be
"BOLD"
Version 1.4 : * Changed PostScript ANSI encoding to windows 3.1
* Added default extension of .PFM
* Fixed documentation (one occurrence 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 incompatibility
Version 0.9 : * Initial test version