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MvPSF ©1996 Christophe Labouisse
I Introduction.
MvPSF is a PostScript fonts renaming utility very much like PFBR by V. Keith
Warden. MvPSF scans a bunch of files and try to find out the PostScript names
of the fonts. Then it renames the files according to that name. Like PFBR MvPSF
is able to recognize and process type 1 fonts in binary form. But unlike PFBR
MvPSF can also process type 1 fonts in downloadable form or metric files (AFM).
II Usage
MvPSF is cli only so don't try to run it from the workbench it would be
useless.
MvPSF FILE/M/A,VERBOSE/S,ALL/S,STAT/S
FILE : You can give MvPSF any number of files or directories you want. It
process every file and scans every directory to find out PostScript
font/metric files. You can also use amigados patterns.
VERBOSE : When you include the keyword you get a message for every file
processed and every directory scanned. Used mostly for debugging.
ALL : With the keyword MvPSF process recursively every directory you give in
the command line. For example 'MvPSF DH0: ALL' makes MvPSF scan every file on
the volume DH0:. This keyword only changes MvPSF's behavior with directories.
STAT : Prints statistics about the files and directories processed by MvPSF.
III What does MvPSF do ?
For every file it reads the 64 first bytes and try to find out to what type the
file belong. Right now MvPSF recognize three file types and renames them like
this :
- Type 1 font in binary format. Renamed as FontName.PF.
- Type 1 font in download format. Renamed as FontName.PFA
- Metrics file. Renamed as FontName.AFM
IV Distribution.
MvPSF is a LMKIYUIWare (Let Me Know If You Use It Ware ;-)). That is to say you
can send me a e-mail if you like or dislike this program as long as you use it.
MvPSF is freely distributable for non commercial purpose as long as the archive
stays intact and unmodified. If you include MvPSF in a coverdisk for a
magazine I like to have a free issue.
Even if MvPSF is distributed with its source you are *not* allowed to modify
and redistribute it without my clearance.
Last, MvPSF is distributed without any warranty and I should be help reponsable
for the consequences of the use of MvPSF
V Bug report.
I try to test rather intensivly MvPSF with APurify by Samuel Devulder so their
should be much bugs left. But like New-York lotto you never know. If you find a
bug or a notice a strange behavior describe it and send it to me along with
your configuration (Hardware, OS, etc.) and I'll try to correct it.
Anyway since I do not have any official PostScript documentation on fonts I had
to make up my own typing rules. So if you have a font not processed properly
get in touch with me so I can find out where my guess is wrong.