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Re: Executor/DOS problems handling Mac fonts



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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