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+From: norm@ora.com (Norman Walsh)
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+Subject: comp.fonts FAQ: Unix Info
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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.
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+Archive-name: fonts-faq/part10
+Version: 2.1.5
+
+Subject: 5. Unix Information
+
+ See also the 'utilities' section for more information. Most of the
+ utilities described in that section run under Unix.
+
+ The bulk of this section was contributed by Johannes Schmidt-Fischer in
+ Jun 1993.
+
+ Unix Font Formats
+ =================
+
+ Most printers attached to Unix hosts are PostScript printers. As a
+ consequence, most Unix users are also using PostScript fonts. If you
+ are not using a PostScript printer, you need a front-end, like
+ GhostScript, to convert the PostScript into a format compatible with
+ your printer.
+
+ There is no Unix specific Postscript Type 1 format. The most often used
+ (and most easily usable) format is Adobe's PFA format. The other often
+ used format is PFB format. The PFB format is more compact (by about
+ 50%), but in order to use it you need make sure that your font
+ downloading tools are prepared to convert PFB to PFA on fly.
+
+ Postscript Type 3 fonts are no problem, they can be handled the same
+ way as Type 1 fonts.
+
+ Most Unix tools expect to get character metric information from AFM
+ files. You may have difficulty using fonts collected off of the 'Net
+ if they do not include AFM files
+
+ Font Installation
+ =================
+
+ Application
+ -----------
+
+ It depends. (Well, what did you expect me to say? ;-)
+
+ Printer using an ExitServer
+ ---------------------------
+
+ Convert PFB fonts into PFA format if necessary and then send them to
+ printer inside a wrapper like so:
+
+ %!PS-Adobe-2.0 ExitServer Job
+ serverdict begin 0 exitserver % 0: substitute your password
+ ... % font in PFA-format
+ %%EOF
+
+ Or include them directly in your print job:
+
+ %!PS-Adobe-2.0
+ ... % font in PFA-format
+ ... % other initialisation
+ %%Page: 1 i % beginning of your job...
+ ... % ...
+ %%EOF
+