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+README for MacFont 1.1 20 Aug 1993
+
+This is a beta test release.
+
+No warranty of any kind is offered with this software. See the file `COPYING'
+for more information.
+
+MacFont converts Macintosh Type 1 fonts into standard ASCII format. In order
+to use MacFont, you must transfer the `resource forks' of the Macintosh font
+onto your PC or workstation. This can generally be accomplished by archiving
+the font on the Macintosh and extracting the archive with `macunpack' or a
+similar non-Mac tool on your workstation.
+
+MacFont creates PFA files from the `POST' resource and AFM files from the FOND
+resource(s). It can also create BDF files from the NFNT resource(s). The AFM
+and BDF files will be named appropriately based upon the font name extracted
+from the FOND resource. If your file system cannot create long names, use the
+`-s' option to name the AFM files sequentially and the BDF files with short
+names. The PFA file name must be specified with the -p option. Note: the
+FontName, FontFullName, and FamilyName in the AFM file may not match the
+corresponding lines in the PFA file. You should edit one or the other to make
+them the same.
+
+Note: starting with version 1.1, there are no default output files. In version
+1.0, if you didn't specify -a or -p, you got both. That is no longer the
+case.
+
+Options supported by v1.1:
+
+ -a Extract AFM files from FOND resources
+
+ -b Extract BDF files from NFNT resources
+
+ -p file Extract a PFA file from the POST resources. The PFA file will
+ have the name `file'.
+
+ -d Dump the Mac resource data. This is basically a debugging option.
+
+ -e file Load the encoding vector from `file'. The encoding vector is
+ a plain text file with 256 names, one per line. These names will
+ be used in the AFM file. If the `-d' option is used, the encoding
+ vector actually loaded will be displayed on the screen.
+
+ -E name Change EncodingScheme name in AFM file. The default scheme is
+ `AppleStandard'. If you specify an encoding file with `-e', the
+ default scheme name becomes `FontSpecific'. In either case, you
+ can specify a particular name with `-E'.
+
+ -s Extract AFM files with sequential names. Rather than using the
+ font name from the FOND resource, use the names `macfont.1',
+ `macfont.2', etc.
+
+ -w wght Change Weight to `wght' in the AFM file. The default weight is
+ `Normal'.
+
+Please report any problems that you have to Norman Walsh <walsh@cs.umass.edu>.
+
+ Be seeing you...
+ norm
+