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- reAdobe 1.0
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- Copyright 1990, 1991 by Rob Elliott. All rights reserved.
- Source code and executables may be freely distributed with the
- copyright notice intact.
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- Converts a PostScript Type 1 font in text format (as used on
- NeXT computers, for example) into a Macintosh downloadable
- Type 1 font using a resource fork format. This is the opposite
- of the work done by another program called unAdobe. The output
- can be opened by Altsys’ Fontographer (versions 3 and up), which
- can generate the appropriate bitmap files needed for the Macintosh system.
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- Developed with THINK C version 4.0. The Mac interface is limited,
- and debugging messages are still printed out. Contact me if you
- want to help spruce this up. There might be some Type 1 fonts
- out there which it cannot parse properly - let me know if you
- run into one.
-
- This program could lead to a general purpose font converter, which
- would do several tasks I don’t think can be done by other utilities:
- * convert easily between Macintosh, text (NeXT), and IBM PC
- font formats.
- * convert Type 1 fonts into Type 3 fonts.
- * change UniqueID numbers and font names (including inside the
- eexec portion of Type 1 fonts)
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- If you know of a utility that can handle most of these already, please let me know about it.
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- References:
- _Supporting Downloadable Postscript(R in a Circle) Fonts_
- Technical Note #5040 by Adobe Systems Incorporated. This
- is available from their mail server on Internet, or through
- the Developer support group.
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- _Adobe Type 1 Font Format_, the "black book" by Adobe.
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- Rob Elliott
- CIS [70675,1204]
- Internet: relliott@b11.ingr.com
- 1030 Bayshore Drive #711, Huntsville, AL 35824-1402
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