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Re: [Freetype] FT_Attach_File, .afm, .pfa, .pfb, etc
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Ian Britten |
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Re: [Freetype] FT_Attach_File, .afm, .pfa, .pfb, etc |
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Tue, 22 Jan 2002 14:31:38 -0400 |
Hi all,
Many thanks for the answers so far! Very helpful!
I think I only have a couple more questions.... (although I may be
back again! ;-)
- Does Freetype provide any support for opening/examining an AFM file? If
I'm to attach a 'Courier' AFM to a 'Courier' PFA, don't I need to know
that the AFM actually is Courier?
(In many cases, they have the same file names, but they seem to sometimes
be in different directories. I was thinking if I knew the family(?) name
the AFM was for, I could attach it later if I encounter a PFA/PFB...)
- Is an AFM file of any use by itself (without a PFA/PFB)? I don't think
so, but gnome-print-0.34-ximian.1 installs a bunch of AFM files in
/usr/share/fonts/afms/adobe, but without any PFA/PFB files...
(Maybe they're for intended to work with pre-existing fonts? Or maybe
for stuff I don't have installed?)
- Can/Should more than one AFM be attached to a FT_Face? What happens if
I (accidentally) attempt to attach the same AFM twice? Is there any
way to tell if a FT_Face already has an AFM attached to it?
- .afm or .pfm? I just discovered the .pfm extension, and I see that
some fonts (urw-fonts-1.1-11mdk) install *both*. Should I naively
attach both? Or only one of them? Is one preferred over the other?
- Should the afm file have the same name as the pfa/pfb file? I was
thinking of when creating a FT_Face, to simply look for an afm/pfm
file with the same name (and in the same directory) and attach it if
it exists.
(Or, I could look for it in a series of directories... The location
of fonts and AFMs seems to be pretty inconsistent...)
[ Actually, I just noticed that many of the AFM files that gnome-print
installed (as mentioned above) actually correspond to the .pfb files
that are used by 'tetex'
ie
/usr/share/fonts/afms/adobe/putri8a.afm (From gnome-print)
/usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/adobe/utopia/putri8a.pfb (From tetex)
Should these be attached? ]
Any input from others (esp regarding finding AFM files!) appreciated!
Thanks!
Ian
- [Freetype] FT_Attach_File, .afm, .pfa, .pfb, etc, Ian Britten, 2002/01/21
- Re: [Freetype] FT_Attach_File, .afm, .pfa, .pfb, etc, Pavel Kankovsky, 2002/01/21
- Re: [Freetype] FT_Attach_File, .afm, .pfa, .pfb, etc,
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- Re: [Freetype] FT_Attach_File, .afm, .pfa, .pfb, etc, Pavel Kankovsky, 2002/01/26
- Re: [Freetype] FT_Attach_File, .afm, .pfa, .pfb, etc, Ian Britten, 2002/01/28
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