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From: norm@ora.com (Norman Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.answers,news.answers
Subject: comp.fonts FAQ: Diffs from last posting
Supersedes: <font-faq-diffs_817479312@ora.com>
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Date: 14 Aug 1996 10:35:46 -0400
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Summary: This posting answers frequently asked questions about fonts.
It addresses both general font questions and questions that
are specific to a particular platform.
X-Web-Homepage: http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/
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Archive-name: fonts-faq/diffs
Version: 2.1.5
Diffs-from: comp.fonts FAQ v2.1.4
Diff-tool: diff -c2
diff -c2 v2.1.4/font-faq.1 v2.1.5/font-faq.1
*** v2.1.4/font-faq.1 Sat Nov 25 12:49:00 1995
--- v2.1.5/font-faq.1 Wed Aug 14 07:39:04 1996
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The comp.fonts FAQ
! Version 2.1.4.
! November 25, 1995
Compiled by Norman Walsh
Copyright (C) 1992-95 by Norman Walsh <norm@ora.com>. The previous
! version was 2.1.3.
Portions of the OS/2 section are Copyright (C) 1993 by David J.
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The comp.fonts FAQ
! Version 2.1.5.
! August 13, 1996
Compiled by Norman Walsh
Copyright (C) 1992-95 by Norman Walsh <norm@ora.com>. The previous
! version was 2.1.4.
Portions of the OS/2 section are Copyright (C) 1993 by David J.
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This FAQ is a work in progress. If you have any suggestions, I would be
! delighted to hear them.
This FAQ is maintained in TeXinfo format. A Perl script constructs the
! postable FAQ from the TeXinfo sources. TeX DVI, PostScript, Emacs Info,
! plain text, and HTML versions of this FAQ are available from
! jasper.ora.com in /pub/comp.fonts/FAQ. A "Gopher" server is also
! maintained at shsu.edu which can provide interactive access to the FAQ.
! The FAQ is also available from The comp.fonts Home Page on the World
! Wide Web:
! http://jasper.ora.com/comp.fonts
! This is also the site for The Internet Font Archive.
The posted version of the FAQ is organized in a quasi-digest format so
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This FAQ is a work in progress. If you have any suggestions, I would be
! delighted to hear them. After many months of inactivity, I hope to
! begin a major update on the FAQ. Please send in your comments. And
! thanks for being patient.
This FAQ is maintained in TeXinfo format. A Perl script constructs the
! postable FAQ from the TeXinfo sources. The FAQ is also available from
! The comp.fonts Home Page on the World Wide Web:
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/
! This is also the site for The Internet Font Archives.
! TeX DVI, PostScript, Emacs Info, plain text, and HTML versions of this
! FAQ are available from the web at
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ.html. FTP access to these
! archives has been temporarily suspended.
The posted version of the FAQ is organized in a quasi-digest format so
diff -c2 v2.1.4/font-faq.13 v2.1.5/font-faq.13
*** v2.1.4/font-faq.13 Sat Nov 25 12:49:06 1995
--- v2.1.5/font-faq.13 Wed Aug 14 07:39:07 1996
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3. Also a good place to look for is the following WWW server:
! 1. http://jasper.ora.com/Internet-Font-Archive.html
4. Another good place is the Fresh Fonts I CD-ROM, there you will
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3. Also a good place to look for is the following WWW server:
! 1. http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/ifa
4. Another good place is the Fresh Fonts I CD-ROM, there you will
diff -c2 v2.1.4/font-faq.16 v2.1.5/font-faq.16
*** v2.1.4/font-faq.16 Sat Nov 25 12:49:07 1995
--- v2.1.5/font-faq.16 Wed Aug 14 07:39:08 1996
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Subject: 11.1. How do I convert AFM files to PFM files
! You can get afm2pfm and pfm2afm files from jasper.ora.com in the
! directory /pub/pfm2afm.
Subject: 11.2. PS2PK
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Subject: 11.1. How do I convert AFM files to PFM files
! You can get afm2pfm and pfm2afm files from
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ-tools.html.
Subject: 11.2. PS2PK
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If you are using ftp, you will need either the name of the host or the
! Internet number. For example, to connect to jasper, listed as ftp:
! jasper.ora.com [198.112.208.14] you will need to type something like
! ftp jasper.ora.com
If that doesn't work, try using the number:
! ftp 198.112.208.14
If that doesn't work, on Unix systems you can use nslookup (it's
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If you are using ftp, you will need either the name of the host or the
! Internet number. For example, to connect to ftp.ora.com, listed as
! ftp: ftp.ora.com [198.112.208.11] you will need to type something like
! ftp ftp.ora.com
If that doesn't work, try using the number:
! ftp 198.112.208.11
If that doesn't work, on Unix systems you can use nslookup (it's
diff -c2 v2.1.4/font-faq.3 v2.1.5/font-faq.3
*** v2.1.4/font-faq.3 Sat Nov 25 12:49:02 1995
--- v2.1.5/font-faq.3 Wed Aug 14 07:39:04 1996
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[ed: additional bibliographic information appears in the file
! "Additional-bibliography" on jasper.ora.com:/comp.fonts. I have not
! yet had time to integrate this bibliographic information into the FAQ]
Subject: 1.19. Font Encoding Standards
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[ed: additional bibliographic information appears in the file
! "Additional-bibliography" on
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ.html. I have not yet had
! time to integrate this bibliographic information into the FAQ]
Subject: 1.19. Font Encoding Standards
diff -c2 v2.1.4/font-faq.7 v2.1.5/font-faq.7
*** v2.1.4/font-faq.7 Sat Nov 25 12:49:04 1995
--- v2.1.5/font-faq.7 Wed Aug 14 07:39:05 1996
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distributed in PC format, however. Again, the font will have to
be reencoded for Windows. Appropriate AFM files for this font can
! be obtained from: jasper.ora.com:/pub/norm/comp.fonts. The file
! is called IBM-Courier-PC8-SymbolSet-AFMs.zip.
Many of these mac fonts are available in files that are either entitled
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distributed in PC format, however. Again, the font will have to
be reencoded for Windows. Appropriate AFM files for this font can
! be obtained from:
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ-tools.html.
Many of these mac fonts are available in files that are either entitled
diff -c2 v2.1.4/font-faq.8 v2.1.5/font-faq.8
*** v2.1.4/font-faq.8 Sat Nov 25 12:49:04 1995
--- v2.1.5/font-faq.8 Wed Aug 14 07:39:06 1996
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font will have to be reencoded for Windows. Appropriate AFM files
for this font can be obtained from:
! jasper.ora.com:/pub/norm/comp.fonts. The file is called
! IBM-Courier-PC8-SymbolSet-AFMs.zip.
Lee Cambell suggests the following alternative:
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font will have to be reencoded for Windows. Appropriate AFM files
for this font can be obtained from:
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ-tools.html.
Lee Cambell suggests the following alternative:
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REFONT
! refont14.zip in /pub/norm/mac-font-tools on jasper.ora.com
BMAP2AFM
! bm2af02.zip in /pub/norm/mac-font-tools on jasper.ora.com
XBIN converts Mac "BinHex"ed files back into binary format. BinHex is
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REFONT
! refont14.zip from
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ-tools.html
BMAP2AFM
! bm2af02.zip from
! http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ-tools.html
XBIN converts Mac "BinHex"ed files back into binary format. BinHex is