I am using a number of font metric files that I found and am using standard windows (and startoffice) ttf files in current dir and have this in userconfig.xml:
<fonts>
<font metrics-file="arial.xml" kerning="yes" embed-file="arial.ttf">
Look here for a hint: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=101222848527568&w=2
HTH J.Pietschmann
