Looking for AFM files of ARIAL MT Type 1 fonts distributed with acrobat reader 4. !
Louis Vosloo
> I am looking for the AFM files of the Arial fonts in order to use with TeX.
> Anybody knows where I can get them ?
As the MT suffix suggests, this is a MonoType font.
See http://www.monotype.com/grafx/latin/sans/sansserif3b.gif
Unfortunately a search for AFM on their site yielded only references to
"Agfa Font Manager".
However, Arial matches the metrics of the Helvetica font.
So you can use the TFMs for that and just rename them.
(see e.g. http://www.YandY.com/ly1/h.htm).
Or you can create AFM files from the PFM and PFB files (using e.g. the
Font Manipulation Package http://www.YandY.com/products.htm#FMP).
Or, some TeX Systems :-) can create AFM and TFM files directly from
an installed font.
AFM files for Adobe's fonts can be found on their ftp site ftp://ftp.adobe.com
in ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/win/all/afmfiles/ You'll need to figure
out the font package number
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/type/all/fntnames.pdf can be handy as a good
to relating PS FontName to actual font file name, as well as font package
number.
But, no Arial listed there...
Taco Hoekwater
Louis> Diego Garrido wrote:
>> I am looking for the AFM files of the Arial fonts in order to
>> use with TeX. Anybody knows where I can get them ?
Louis> As the MT suffix suggests, this is a MonoType font.
It's also the same font as the TrueTypes that come with Windows.
ttf2afm -e `kpsewhich standard.enc` -a arial.ttf > arial.afm
should get you in the right direction for creating the afms.
Louis> See
Louis> http://www.monotype.com/grafx/latin/sans/sansserif3b.gif
Louis> Unfortunately a search for AFM on their site yielded only
Louis> references to "Agfa Font Manager".
Supposedly the 'real' afm files are on the Monotype CD.
Louis> However, Arial matches the metrics of the Helvetica font.
Louis> So you can use the TFMs for that and just rename them.
Louis> (see e.g. http://www.YandY.com/ly1/h.htm).
Scary. It's better to just get the tfms, vfs, map file and latex
package from CTAN:
<CTAN>tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/monotype/arial
No need for the AFM metrics.
Taco