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             Using Adobe Type on Professional Page

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Part 1: Obtaining Macintosh Screen Fonts and .AFMs

Obviously, to convert something, you need to get the something.

UnStuffIt 0.9, is a program designed to ease the problem of getting
Macintosh files to your Amiga.  On the Mac, StuffIt 1.5.1 is used for
archiving files for fast transmission on phone lines.  Your output service
bureau should have a modem, and if they want your business they'll let you
download screen fonts.

The problem is, UnSuuffIt, or UnSIT as its called, cannot handle certain
compression routines used by StuffIt 1.5.1.  The main problem is 'RLE'
compression, or pre-compression.  If possible, see to it that they aren't
using a version of StuffIt that uses RLE compression.  Huffman or LZW is
fine, though, or if you get a newer version of UnSIT than that's okay too.
If they don't, tell them to use NO compression whatsoever.  UnSIT will
unpack the files quickly if no compression is used, but this results in long
transmission times.  The price you pay to be Mac compatible...

Make sure that your bureau's host BBS or whatever, is using MacBinary for
transfers.  It doesn't matter if it's XMODEM, XMODEM-CRC, ZMODEM, or
whatever protocol you have in common, just make sure that the place your
d-loading from uses a MacBinary counterpart of that protocol.  There is no
effect on actual transmission, but the host will send a 128 byte header (The
MacBinary header) with the file, and that gets saved.  UnSIT needs to see
that header to properly work.  MacBinary is the file format used when Mac
files reside on other file systems (such as MS-DOS or AmigaDOS).

Using UnStuffIt

UnSIT will then let you unarc the file you just downloaded.  Most .SITs that
come from service bureaus have two kinds of files: 1) .AFM files and 2) Font
Resource files.  the .AFMs are used by ConvertAFM to make PPage .metric
files, and the font resource files are used by MacFont's UnpackNFNT program
to create Amiga screen fonts.  Just say:

UnSIT x filename.sit

and the .SIT will unpack into the current directory.

You can download anything using this, but we're intrested in fonts for now.

Next file please...