Converting Adobe fonts to ttf
Sean J Seibel
environment??? I don't have any adobe applications, but I've seen a lot of
adobe fonts that I would enjoy using for desktop publishing applications that
use .ttf fonts. What I would be looking for is a program that converts the
adobe fonts to .ttf files. If anyone has any suggestions, please respond, or
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JWRII
are talking about using Mac Intosh fonts my question below has not been
answered but may give you a little insite to what I've found. The
programs mentioned have worked with one Mac font but only one.
Have downloaded Mac font Camelot.sit. I unstuffed it then converted with
Refont4 and mac2pfb. Refont 4 seemed to work best. I loaded the
conversion into windows through ATM. The screen display is accurate but
the font won't print on my Printer Works 29000 lazer printer.
Would like a version of the font that will work with my system.
If you come up with any answers that might help me would appreciate
hearing. If you have any questions I'll try.
Good Luck
Joe
Joe Rittenhouse jw...@aol.com
John Pritchard
>Is their any way to convert adobe fonts so that they will work in the windows
>environment??? I don't have any adobe applications, but I've seen a lot of
>adobe fonts that I would enjoy using for desktop publishing applications that
>use .ttf fonts. What I would be looking for is a program that converts the
>adobe fonts to .ttf files.
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Don't do it!
Yes, there are programs that will convert Adobe postscript (Type 1)
fonts to .TTF, but unless you have mega-bucks to spend there is
nothing which will achieve the translation without some loss of
quality. The conversion process can be fairly tedious, as well.
The solution is actually quite simple. Get hold of a copy of Adobe
Type Manager (ATM), which comes bundled with some Windows applications
- so you may have it anyway - or is not that expensive to buy (about
$50 ? including some free fonts). It's good "fit it and forget it"
software, which will make installed Type 1 fonts available to Windows
programs and printers. With ATM, Type 1 and TTF fonts can happily
co-exist in the font lists of DTP applications and on pages.
John Pritchard
J...@brunswic.demon.co.uk
Jon Pastor
|> Sean J Seibel wrote:
|>
|> >Is their any way to convert adobe fonts so that they will work in the windows
|> >environment??? I don't have any adobe applications, but I've seen a lot of
|> >adobe fonts that I would enjoy using for desktop publishing applications that
|> >use .ttf fonts. What I would be looking for is a program that converts the
|> >adobe fonts to .ttf files.
|>
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|> Don't do it!
|>
|> Type Manager (ATM), which comes bundled with some Windows applications
|> - so you may have it anyway - or is not that expensive to buy (about
|> $50 ? including some free fonts). It's good "fit it and forget it"
|> software, which will make installed Type 1 fonts available to Windows
|> programs and printers. With ATM, Type 1 and TTF fonts can happily
|> co-exist in the font lists of DTP applications and on pages.
Heartily seconded. If you have a CD drive, order Type on Call for about
$35-50, and you get a bunch of typefaces *and* ATM...
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Jon A. Pastor pas...@vfl.paramax.com
Thomas W. Phinney
> work in the windows environment???
Adobe fonts don't have to be converted to work in Windows
(although it's possible to convert them to TrueType, it's a
pain, and there are some complications). You need a utility
called Adobe Type Manager. With this, your Adobe (and other
PostScript type one fonts) will work pretty much the same as your
TrueType fonts. ATM is compatible with Windows and with
virtually all Windows software, including desktop publishing
programs.
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