https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70184
--- Comment #9 from Dave Brown <[email protected]> --- > ... In reply to comment #8) > Just read this > http://computer-programming-forum.com/36-postscript/36596a6de91548ea.htm > " > You won't get kerning information and what not if you get AFMs > from the PFBs. You can, however, get the necessary AFM files > from Adobe's ftp server (you'll have to know the package number > for the fonts you bought): > ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/mac/all/afmfiles > " > By searching a bit, this location seemed interesting: > ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles/ > > Alternative not perfect reading this (same website): > " > > Ghostscript comes with this: > > > NAME > > pf2afm - Make an AFM file from Postscript (PFB/PFA/PFM) font > > files using ghostscript > > > I'm afraid I don't have any experience with it. > > > Regards > > Olaf > > But you will only get width and kerning information on those characters > that are > covered by the code page defined in the .pfm file - at most for 224 > characters. > > The width of all characters can be obtained from the Type1 code itself, > but for the > kerning info, you are restricted to what's in the .pfm. > > The original .afm files from Adobe are complete. > " > > (I learn something everyday :-)) (In reply to comment #8) > Just read this > http://computer-programming-forum.com/36-postscript/36596a6de91548ea.htm > " > You won't get kerning information and what not if you get AFMs > from the PFBs. You can, however, get the necessary AFM files > from Adobe's ftp server (you'll have to know the package number > for the fonts you bought): > ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/mac/all/afmfiles > " > By searching a bit, this location seemed interesting: > ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles/ > > Alternative not perfect reading this (same website): > " > > Ghostscript comes with this: > > > NAME > > pf2afm - Make an AFM file from Postscript (PFB/PFA/PFM) font > > files using ghostscript > > > I'm afraid I don't have any experience with it. > > > Regards > > Olaf > > But you will only get width and kerning information on those characters > that are > covered by the code page defined in the .pfm file - at most for 224 > characters. > > The width of all characters can be obtained from the Type1 code itself, > but for the > kerning info, you are restricted to what's in the .pfm. > > The original .afm files from Adobe are complete. > " > > (I learn something everyday :-)) Thanks, very helpful. It's far too long now since I thought about any of this sort of stuff, if in fact I ever knew the full details. But yes, that's why I'd started out by looking for the Adobe media with those fonts. I was slightly concerned that the .pfb/.pfm were something done for the Windows install (and I think we're talking 3.1 time frame as regards these). So I wanted (ideally) to get the complete info for those fonts as provided by Adobe. Let me poke about and see if I can get the Adobe metrics from one of the sources you've suggested. Thanks for the additional information. It's very kind of you Julian! -d -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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