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Re: Executor/DOS problems handling Mac fonts
>>>>> "Karsten" == Karsten Schneeberger <ks@fotodesign.spacenet.de> writes:
In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960413101713.553B-100000@fotodesign.spacenet.de> Karsten Schneeberger <ks@fotodesign.spacenet.de> writes:
Karsten> 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.
Karsten> Can you just tell me how to do this with Linux ? I'll try
Karsten> this.
dd bs=1b skip=1 < %file > resource_fork
That tells the "dd" program to copy from %file to resource_file and to
use a block size of one block (i.e. 512 bytes) and to skip the first
block when copying.
Karsten> I can ftp the font conversion program to ARDI if you
Karsten> like. This program converts between mac and pc ps-fonts
Karsten> and I think that all it does is to strip some bytes off
Karsten> the mac-outline font to generate the pc ps-font *.pfb .
How about trying the above first and letting us know if that works?
Karsten> There are other conversion programs to convert the
Karsten> bitmapped fonts to the pc screen fonts *.pfm - but I was
Karsten> not happy with the converted screen fonts (they look
Karsten> ugly, bad kerning). I prefer using the original *.pfm
Karsten> screen fonts; they are stored on every mac&pc font CD
Karsten> along with the suitcases that contain the mac bitmapped
Karsten> fonts.
Karsten> --- Karsten Schneeberger
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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