Re: [xep-support] Type 1 fonts

From: Alexander Peshkov (peshkov@renderx.com)
Date: Wed Jan 14 2004 - 01:07:15 PST

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    Hello Ryan,

    XEP cannot parse PFMs so first of all you'll need to obtain AFM metric
    for your font. Usually you can request it from your font vendor. You
    can also try to produce AFM using GhostScript, that has a special
    script pf2afm (note however that our clients reported problems with
    this approach).
    In the fonts.xml configuration record you have to use 'pfb' parameter
    instead of 'pfa'. So when you finally get an AFM for the font its
    configuration will be something like this:

      <font name="NewBrunswick Normal"
            afm="C:\WINNT\Fonts\BRUNSWIN.afm"
            pfb="C:\WINNT\Fonts\BRUNSWIN.pfb"
            embed="true">
        <alias name="NewBrunswick"/>
      </font>

    For more details regarding font configuration in XEP please refer to
    the section "5.2. PostScript Type 1 Fonts" of "XEP 3.7 User Guide" (userguide.pdf)

    Best regards,
    Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    RenderX

    RG> Hi,

    RG> XEP's documentation mentions .afm Type 1 fonts. Is there a proper way to
    RG> use .pfm/.pfb type 1 fonts and embed them? My declaration in fonts.xml is
    RG> below:

    RG> <font name="NewBrunswick Normal" afm="C:\WINNT\Fonts\BRUNSWIN.pfm"
    embed="true">>
    RG> <alias name="NewBrunswick"/>
    RG> </font>

    RG> I get an error telling me that a proper .ttf or .pfb outline file is needed
    RG> in order to embed the font.

    RG> I tried:

    RG> <font name="NewBrunswick Normal" afm="C:\WINNT\Fonts\BRUNSWIN.pfm"
    RG> pfa="C:\WINNT\Fonts\BRUNSWIN.pfb" embed="true"> <alias
    RG> name="NewBrunswick"/>
    RG> </font>

    RG> But the process just hung. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

    RG> Not sure if it is relevant, but I am using XEP 3.6.2.

    RG> Thank you!

    RG> Ryan Graham
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