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Subject: 2. Macintosh Information

Subject: 2.1. Macintosh Font formats

 Bitmap Fonts
 ============

 Bitmap fonts: on the Macintosh, bitmap fonts also contain the kerning
 information for a font and must be installed with both type 1 and type
 3 fonts. Their presence also speeds the display of commonly used font
 sizes.

 PostScript Type 1
 =================

 Postscript Type 1 fonts can be installed on the Macintosh only by using
 accompanying bitmapped fonts.

 PostScript Type 3
 =================

 Postscript Type 3 fonts are installed on the Macintosh in the same way
 that Type 1 fonts are.

 TrueType
 ========

 Truetype fonts: no bitmapped font is necessary with this type, though
 commonly used sizes are often supplied.

 QuickDraw GX
 ============

 This section was constructed from postings by Charles A. Bigelow, Peter
 Moller, David Opstad, and Michael Wang from Sep 93.

 What is it?
 -----------

 QuickDraw GX (QDGX) is the new Mac OS engine for handling screen
 presentation.  It has many advantages over older engines, among them the
 ability to get ligatures, swashes etc. on the fly.  QDGX is also a
 16-bit font format that allows for example users in Korea to run their
 machines in their native tounge as well as write.

 How is it related to Unicode?
 -----------------------------

 Although QDGX is a 16-bit encoding, it is "orthogonal" to Unicode
 Unicode, to use a jargon term.  A TrueType font, GX or otherwise, can be
 encoded using the Unicode standard, but that isn't necessary. However, a
 TrueType font, and especially a GX font, can contain glyphs for which
 there is no unique Unicode encoding, e.g. the 'fi' ligature, or a swash
 'a' with a trailing curlicue. TrueType GX fonts, however, contain
 additional information and structure that allows the QDGX system to
 properly substitute variant glyphs for certain characters in the text.
 For the above examples, QDGX will, if requested, look for the sequence
 'f' + 'i' and substitute the 'fi' ligature, or look for 'a' at the end
 of a line and substitute the glyph 'a-trailing curlicue'.

 It is really quite charming to see this happen, and it makes the font
 [...] a clever, trained circus dog that does tricks than a simple font.
 The GX fonts begin to show an additional personality beyond the image of
 the glyphs.  In fact, the font can contain a state machine that controls
 the substitution process--in effect, a computer program. There is
 provision for another state machine controlling kerning as well, to get
 around the problems that can arise with simple pair-based kerning.

 David Opstad contributes the following:

 The bidirectional text reordering algorithm defined in Unicode is fully
 implemented in GX (in fact, during our testing of GX we uncovered some
 problems with the Unicode specification!) Also, and most unfortunately,
 since Unicode is the product of an international committee process there
 were certain compromises that were made in the design, so there really
 are Unicode character codes for certain ligatures and contextual forms
 (e.g.  the "Basic Glyphs for Arabic Language" codes starting at U+FE70).
 Note, however, that GX does not use these; we do Arabic contextual
 processing the same way we do Roman contextual processing. Indeed, it
 is this uniformity of approach that is, I believe, one of GX's main
 strengths.

 One of my greatest hopes (that keeps me going after having worked on
 getting GX done for over five years now) is that we're going to see a
 real renaissance of fonts and creativity in font designs. GX finally
 gets us back to the elegance of calligraphy, with the repeatability and
 precision of the computer.

 What about rotation?
 --------------------

 QDGX supports full 3X3 transformations (including perspective) on all
 objects in the graphics system, including text. Anti-aliasing is not
 included in GX 1.0, but we're looking at it for future versions.

 Is QDGX limited to TrueType fonts?
 ----------------------------------

 Michael Wang contributes:

 Just to clarify, the component of QuickDraw GX that deals with font
 features like automatic ligature substitution is called the Line Layout
 Manager (which I'll abbreviate as LLM), and LLM features are
 independent of scaler technology. In other words, a Type 1 font can
 have all of the LLM features that a TrueType font can have under
 QuickDraw GX.

 In fact, Apple and Adobe bundle a GX version of ATM with the QuickDraw
 GX release along with a Type 1 GX version of Tekton Regular which
 includes lots of additional glyphs and supports most of the LLM
 features. If you are a Macintosh developer, there are beta GX versions
 of ATM and Tekton that you can play around with on the QuickDraw GX
 1.0b1 release that is part of the WWDC CD.

 Lawrence D'Oliveiro contributes:

 One implication of GX for font installation is that Type 1 fonts no
 longer come in "bitmap" vs "screen" versions that live in separate
 files: under QuickDraw GX, they live in "sfnt" resources, and install no
 differently from TrueType fonts.

 As of 1 Mar 95, QuickDraw GX 1.0.1 is the current release.

Subject: 2.2. Frequently Requested Mac Fonts

 Greek Fonts
 ===========

 This section was constructed from a posting by John Amanatides in Jan
 1995.

 There are three ways to get Greek out of a Mac.  Approach one is to
 simply use the Symbol font; this solution is the easiest but Symbol
 doesn't have accents and you cannot easily exchange files with friends
 in Greece.  Approach two is go all the way and install Apple's Greek
 system software on your Mac.  It would make it identical to a machine
 sold in Greece and is really only an option for the diehards.  Approach
 three is to just get a Greek keyboard driver and Greek typefaces.  This
 article talks mostly about approach three while it does also mention the
 others.

 First some background.  Until the early '80s the Greek alphabet included
 quite a lot of different diacritical marks.  Thus if you are interested
 in classical Greek you will need to get a polytonic version of the
 typeface.  Modern Greek now only uses accents, simplifying the use of
 the alphabet and this is normally what you will get when you ask for a
 Greek typeface.

 There are several encodings of the Greek alphabet.  ISO-8859-7 is the
 most standard.  It is an 8-bit encoding that uses the regular 7-bit
 ASCII standard in the lower 128 positions and Greek in the upper 128.
 Unfortunately, Apple did not use it (sigh).  Apple's encoding is
 slightly different in the upper 128 positions.  All modern Greek
 typefaces for the Mac seem to use this encoding and if you use it you
 can exchange files with your friends in Greece (and use Greek
 dictionaries!).  If you are interested in classical Greek things become
 a little trickier.  I don't know if there is a standard but Linguist's
 Software's (see below) encoding seems to be the most popular.

 Sources of Greek Fonts for the Mac
 ----------------------------------

 Apple
 .....

 You can go all the way with Apple and get their Greek system software
 but getting it is non-trivial.  In North America the only way to get it
 seems to be to get the "Apple Developer Mailing" from APDA.  Designed
 for developers, you get a CD mailed to you monthly.  The CD contains
 the most recent worldwide Mac system software along with a lot of other
 stuff.  It costs \$250 US and you get updates for a year.  The Greek
 system software contains TrueType versions of GrCourier, GrHelvetica,
 GrTimes and several bitmap versions of some of Apple's other typefaces
 along with the Greek keyboard driver.

      APDA 800-282-2732 US
      800-637-0029 Canada
      716-871-6555

 A second place to get Greek system software is in Greece.  Apple's
 distributor is:

      Rainbow Computer S.A.
      Elia Eliou 75
      Neos Kosmos, Athens
      Greece 117 44
      30-1-9012892 Voice
      30-1-9012540 FAX

 Just because you have the Greek system software doesn't mean you have
 to install the whole system;  you can just take the Greek typefaces and
 the Greek keyboard driver and use them with your current system
 software.

 Note: Linguists' Software (see below) also market version 6.0.3 of the
 Greek operating system.

 Linotype-Hell
 .............

 Linotype sells a variety of Type1 Greek typefaces in both modern and
 polytonic versions and in a variety of weights/styles: Times,
 Helvetica, Baskerville, New Century Schoolbook and Souvenir.  The
 easiest way to purchase them is to get Linotype's CD of locked
 typefaces (a new one is coming out in Dec. '94).  The CD costs \$49 US
 and comes with 4 free fonts.  A Greek keyboard driver comes with the
 typefaces.  Linotype can be reached at:

      Linotype-Hell Company
      425 Oser Avenue
      Hauppage, NY, 11788
      USA
      800-633-1900
      516-434-3616 FAX

 These typefaces are also distributed by FontShop (see below) Note: the
 new CD works on both a Mac and a PC and when you unlock a typeface you
 unlock for both systems.

 FontShop
 ........

 FontShop is an international chain of stores which supplies a wide
 variety of typefaces to both professionals and the rest of us.  Their
 North American address is:

      FontShop Canada Limited
      510 Front Street West
      Toronto, Ontario
      Canada M5V 3H3
      800-363-6687
      416-348-0916 FAX

 Monotype
 ........

 Monotype offers two Greek typefaces on their locked CD: Times New Roman
 Greek and Arial Greek.  Each typeface comes in four weights/styles.
 Their CD lists for \$49 and you get 8 free fonts (just enough for both
 of their Greek typefaces :-).  You can reach Monotype at:

      Monotype Typography Inc.
      Suite 2630, 150 South Wacker Drive
      Chicago, IL, 60606
      USA
      800-MONOTYP (800-666-6897)
      312-855-9475 FAX

 These typefaces are also distributed by FontShop.  Note: you get a 5 CPU
 license.

 Linguist's Software
 ...................

 Linguist's Software has typefaces for over 250 world languages and
 gives several options for those interested in Greek.  First, you can
 purchase the Greek operating system for the Mac version 6.0.3.  This
 includes GrTimes and GrHelvetica (Type 3) as well as several bit-mapped
 system fonts.  Second, you can purchase their modern Greek typefaces
 Olympus and Philippi (Times and Helvetica clones) in four
 weights/styles and in both Type1 and TrueType along with a keyboard
 driver for System 7.  Finally, they have their own TrueType and Type1
 typefaces in the LaserGreek package.  These are of particular interest
 to Greek scholars since they include extra diacritics for ancient/N.T.
 Greek.  This package now includes a Uncail typeface.  LaserGreek: \$99;
 Modern Greek + keyboard driver: \$99; LaserGreek + GreekOS: \$139;
 LaserGreek + Modern Greek + keyboard driver: \$139.

      Linguist's Software
      PO Box 580
      Edmonds, WA 98020-0580
      USA
      206-775-1130
      206-771-5911 FAX

 Ecological Linguistics
 ......................

 Ecological Linguistics also provides typfaces for a wide variety of
 world languages.  They have a polytonic version of Times (GreekTimes)
 in their GreekClassical package and monotonic versions of Times and
 Helvetica (GkTimes, GkHelvetica) in four weights/styles in their
 GreekModern package.  Both the GreekClassical and GreekModern packages
 are \$60 US each and come with a keyboard driver.

      Ecological Linguistics
      P.O. Box 15156
      Washington, D.C., 20003
      U.S.A.
      202-546-5862

 MacCampus
 .........

 MacCampus of Germany provides Greek and other Eastern European
 typefaces.  The Greek typefaces come in two flavors: those that are
 based on the modern Greek keyboard layout and those based on the Symbol
 font layout.  MacCampus provides a keyboard driver so that you can use
 the former type on non-Greek Macs.

 The typefaces available are:

 Modern Greek (Greek layout): Olympia (Helvetica clone) and Tiryns
 (Times clone) in 4 weights/styles

 Classical Greek (extra diacritics, Symbol layout): Agora Times,
 Parmenides (light, sans-serif)

      MacCampus
      C. Kempgen
      An den Weihern 18
      D-96135 Stegaurach
      Germany
      (0951) 296739
      (0951) 296425 FAX

 MacCampus typefaces are distributed by FontShop.

 Font World
 ..........

 Another Greek typeface distributor is Font World.  They also sell a
 variety of Eastern European typefaces.  They provide a package of
 keyboard drivers for a variety of different world languages.  The
 modern Greek typefaces are: FW Palace GK (Palatino?), FW Baskerfield
 GK, FW Peace GK (sans serif) & condensed version, FW Pithos GK
 (Lithos?), FW Stencil GK, FW Textbook GK, FW Tourist GK (Souvenir) and
 FW World GK (Times?).  They come in a variety of weights/styles and go
 for about \$100-\$200.

      Font World, Inc.
      2021 Scottsville Road,
      Rochester, NY 12623
      USA
      716-235-6861
      716-235-6950 FAX

 SkepsiS
 .......

 SkepsiS is a Greek publishing company that is heavily into Macs.  They
 have created and sell several nice typefaces in several weights/styles:
 Corfu (New Century Schoolbook?), Ithaca (Souvenir?), Rhodes
 (University?), Mykonos (Courier?), Paros (Antique Olive?), Samos
 (modern serif), GtcFutura (Futura?), Naxos (Eurostile?), Ios (?) The
 cost for a package containing the above is 60,000 drachmas.

      SkepsiS Ltd
      El. Benizelou 184
      T.K. 176 75, Kallithea
      Athens, Greece
      30-1-952-2086
      30-1-952-2088 FAX

 Magenta
 .......

 Magenta is a Greek company that sells typefaces for Macs and PCs.
 Their catalog lists over 70 typefaces with names like MgBodoni,
 MgOptima, MgAvantGarde, etc in a variety of weights/styles.  Most are
 modern Greek but they also have a few classical typefaces.  Each
 typeface family goes for about 8,500 drachmas.

      Magenta Ltd
      Antimaxou 17
      115 28 Athens
      Greece
      30-1-722-9292 phone/FAX

 Note, I have tried to contact Magenta recently and have gotten no
 response.

 Fronteiras
 ..........

 Fonteiras is a German company that produces non-roman typefaces.  They
 have 26 Greek typefaces, display and text, both polytonic and
 monotonic.  Some of the families include clones of Dynamo, Stencil,
 Broadway, Revue, Futura Black, Lithos, Industria, Insignia, Palatino,
 Helvetica, Times, etc.  Packages go for about \$150-\$200 US and include
 a Greek keyboard driver.  The monotonic typfaces have kerning tables and
 some have real italics.  (Most other vendors only have obliques.)

      Fronteiras
      Luisenstr. 22
      D-60316 Franfurt
      Germany
      49-069-4980498 phone/FAX
      [email protected]

 Freeware/Shareware
 ..................

 There is a free classical Greek typeface called Ismini that is available
 on the net at:

 mac.archive.umich.edu:mac/system.extensions/font/type1/ismini.cpt.hqx

 Unfortunately, I don't think it uses the same encoding as Linguist's
 Software.

 Other Fonts
 ===========

 Many fonts are available at various archives.  The king of Macintosh
 font archives is mac.archive.umich.edu.  On mac.archive.umich.edu, the
 fonts are located in the following folders:

        /mac/system.extensions/font/type1
        /mac/system.extensions/font/type3
        /mac/system.extensions/font/truetype

 The following fonts are in Type 1 format for the Macintosh. Some are
 also available in TrueType format.

    * Tamil

      Paladam, T. Govindram

    * Hebrew

      ShalomScript, ShalomOldStyle, ShalomStick, Jonathan Brecher

    * Japanese

      Shorai (Hirigana, with application)

    * Star Trek

      StarTrekClassic, Star TrekClassicMovies, StarTrekTNGCrille,
      StarTrekTNG Titles, TNG monitors, StarFleet, Klinzai (Klingon font)

    * Command-key symbol

      Chicago (TrueType or bitmap, key: Ctrl-Q),  Chicago Symbols
      (Type3, key: 1), EncycloFont (Type3, key: d)

    * Astrologic/Astronomic symbols

      Hermetica (Type1), InternationalSymbols (Type 3, Mars and Venus
      only), MortBats (Type3), Zodiac (bitmap)

    * IBM OEM Line Drawing Characters

      Try Adobe PrestigeElite or Adobe LetterGothic. They have all the
      characters you want, but the `line draw' characters are unencoded
      -- you will need tools to reencode the outline font itself and
      make a new PFM metric files.

      Or try IBMExtended from Impramatur Systems in Cambridge, Mass.  It
      already is encoded using IBM OEM encoding (some DOS code page).

      The IBM version of Courier distributed freely under the X11
      Consortium also contains the appropriate characters.  It is
      distributed in PC format, however.  Again, the font will have to
      be reencoded for Windows.  Appropriate AFM files for this font can
      be obtained from:
      http://www.ora.com/homepages/comp.fonts/FAQ-tools.html.

 Many of these mac fonts are available in files that are either entitled
 xxxx.sit or xxxx.cpt.  xxxx.sit files are Stuffit archives.  xxxx.cpt
 files are Compact Pro archives. StuffitLite (shareware $25) and Compact
 Pro (shareware $25) are available at the standard ftp sites.
 Uncompressors for these programs (free) are also available at the
 archive sites. Check the utilities/compression utilities folders.

Subject: 2.3. Commercial Font Sources

 Commercial fonts can be obtained from a number of different companies,
 including the large font houses: Adobe, Font Haus, Font Company,
 Bitstream, and Monotype. At these companies, fonts cost about $40 for a
 single face, and must be purchased in packages. Adobe, Bitstream, and
 Monotype also sell pre-designated type collections for slightly lower
 prices.

 Image Club sells a wide selection of fonts for about $50 for a 4 font
 family.

 Other, cheaper companies sell fonts of lesser quality, including
 KeyFonts, which sells a set of 100 fonts for $50 and Casady & Green's
 Fluent Laser Fonts, a set of 79 fonts for $99. Casady & Greene also
 sells Cyrillic language fonts in Times, Bodoni, and Helvetica sell for
 about $40 for each 4 font family.

 Foreign language fonts, ranging from Egyptian hieroglyphics to Cyrillic
 can be obtained from Ecological Linguistics.

 Please consult the vendor list for a more complete list of vendors.

Subject: 2.4. Mac Font Installation

    * System 7

      Install the fonts by opening the suitcase containing the bitmap
      file and dropping the fonts into your system suitcase, located
      inside your system folder. You will need to quit all other
      applications before doing this.  For a TrueType font, the icon for
      the font will have a stack of "A"s in it, instead of just one.
      Dropping it into your system suitcase will make all sizes of the
      font available. For Postscript type 1 fonts, you also need to
      place the printer font in the extensions folder in your system
      folder. If you are using ATM you need to place these fonts in the
      root level of your system folder (not inside another folder).
      Using Suitcase, a font management utility, you can avoid
      cluttering your system folder with printer fonts.

      You can make new suitcases of fonts (generally not needed, but
      used by those who use Suitcase) by using Font DA mover.  It
      operates the same as in system 6, except that the most recent
      version must be used.

    * System 6

      Bitmap fonts can be installed using Font DA mover to move the
      fonts, located inside suitcases, into your system. You will need
      to restart your computer to make these fonts available. Printer
      fonts must be placed in the system folder, not inside any other
      folder.

      Truetype fonts can be used with system 6 if you get the Truetype
      init.  Then the fonts can be installed in your system with Font DA
      mover.  Suitcase can also be used under system 6.

Subject: 2.5. Mac Font Utilities

    * SUITCASE

      Suitcase is a nifty little system extension that lets you avoid
      having to install fonts into your system. In system 6, it means
      that you can avoid restarting your system every time you want to
      install a new font.

      In system 7, Suitcase lets you avoid quitting all applications
      before making fonts available. Some programs, like Quark Xpress
      will automatically update their font list when you open a new
      suitcase, allowing much more flexibility in opening and closing
      font suitcases and making different sets of fonts available.

      Suitcase appears in your Apple menu in both system 7 and 6 and
      allows you to open suitcases, as though they were files, thus
      making the fonts contained in them accessible to programs.

      In addition, when suitcase is installed, printer fonts can be
      stored with the bitmap suitcases they correspond to, instead of
      having to drop them into your system folder.

      The most recent version of Suitcase is compatible with TrueType.
      Suitcase is about $54 from the mail order places.

    * Carpetbag

      A shareware program with functionality equivalent to Suitcase.

    * MASTER JUGGLER

      Does similar things

    * ATM

      Adobe Type Manager is an Init and Control panel allows accurate
      screen display, at any size of PostScript type 1 fonts. It's
      function is replicated with Truetype (but for different outline
      font format). With it installed, you can print fonts of any size
      to non-PostScript printers. When using ATM, printer fonts must
      either be stored with the bitmap files opened with suitcase (when
      using Suitcase), or they must be stored in the root level of the
      system folder (with System 7.0, printer fonts must be stored in
      the Extension folder if you are not using Suitcase). ATM is now
      available, with the System 7.0 upgrade, as well as directly from
      adobe with 4 Garamond fonts.

      ATM is not built into System 7.1 as previously expected.  With
      System 7.1, printer fonts must be stored in the Fonts folder if
      you are not using Suitcase.

      If you are using version 7.x prior to 7.1, the following hack
      allows you to have a Font folder (if you don't use Suitcase):

      Open the second 'DCOD' resource from the ATM 68020/030 file. Do an
      ASCII search for the string "extn" and change it to "font" (it's
      case sensitive). Save, close, and Reboot.

      This process should work for 68000 machines using the proper ATM
      file instead.

    * Super ATM

      This is a utility that will create fonts, on the fly, that match
      the metrics of any Adobe-brand fonts you don't have.  It does a
      remarkably good job of mimicry because it uses two "generic"
      Multiple Master typefaces, serif and sans serif to simulate the
      appearance of the missing typefaces. (There is a 1.4 megabyte
      database file that allows Super ATM to simulate the fonts that
      aren't there.)  You also get Type On Call (a CD-ROM), which has
      locked outline fonts, and unlocked screen font for all but the
      most recent faces in the Adobe Type library.

    * TTconverter

      A shareware accessory available at the usual archives will convert
      Truetype fonts for the IBM into Macintosh format.

    * reAdobe

      Converts text (PFA) format PostScript Type 1 fonts into Mac format.

    * unAdobe

      Converts Mac format PostScript Type 1 fonts into text (PFA) format.

    * Microsoft Font Pack

      If you work with a mixture of Macs and PCs running Windows 3.1,
      this is a good deal; 100 TrueType fonts compromising the Windows
      3.1 standard set and the two Font Packs for Windows. This includes
      various display fonts, the Windows Wingdings font, and the Lucida
      family.

 A variety of programs, for example, Font Harmony, etc. will allow you
 to change the names and ID numbers of your fonts.

 Fontmonger and Metamorphosis will let you convert fonts among several
 formats (type 1 and 3 and Truetype for the Mac and PC), as well as
 letting you extract the font outlines from the printer fonts.

Subject: 2.6. Making Outline Fonts

 This is very, very difficult. Many people imagine that there are
 programs that will simply convert pictures into fonts for them. This is
 not the case; most fonts are painstakingly created by drawing curves
 that closely approximate the letterforms. In addition, special rules
 (which improve hinting, etc.) mandate that these curves be drawn in
 specific ways. Even designing, or merely digitizing, a simple font can
 take hundreds of hours.

 Given that, there are two major programs used for font design on the
 Macintosh, Fontographer ($280) and FontStudio ($400). These programs
 will allow you to import scanned images, and then trace them with
 drawing tools.  The programs will then generate type 1, 3, TrueType and
 Bitmap fonts for either the Macintosh or the IBM PC. They will also
 generate automatic hinting. They also open previously constructed
 outline fonts, allowing them to be modified, or converted into another
 format.

 As far as I know, there are no shareware programs that allow you to
 generate outline fonts.

Subject: 2.7. Problems and Possible Solutions

   1. Another font mysteriously appears when you select a certain font
      for display.

      This is often the result of a font id conflict. All fonts on the
      Macintosh are assigned a font id, an integer value. When two fonts
      have the same id, some programs can become confused about the
      appropriate font to use. Microsoft word 4.0 used font id's to
      assign fonts, not their names.  Since id's can be different on
      different computers, a word document's font could change when it
      was moved from one computer to another. Other signs of font id
      problems are inappropriate kerning or leading (the space between
      lines of text).  Some font ID problems can be resolved by using
      Suitcase, which will reassign font ID's for you, as well as saving
      a font ID file that can be moved from computer to computer to keep
      the id's consistent.  Font ID problems can also be solved with
      several type utilities, which will allow you to reassign font
      id's.  Most newer programs refer to fonts correctly by name
      instead of id number, which should reduce the frequency of this
      problem.

   2. When using a document written in MSWord 5.0, the font mysteriously
      changes when you switch from your computer at home to work, or
      vice versa.

      This is the result of a bug in MSWord 5.0. The MSWord 5.0 updater,
      which can be found at the info-mac archives at sumex (in the demo
      folder), will fix this bug.

Subject: 2.8. Creating Mac screen fonts

 Creating Mac screen fonts from Type 1 outlines
 ==============================================

 Peter DiCamillo contributes the following public domain solution:

 BitFont is a program which will create a bitmapped font from any font
 which can be drawn on your Macintosh.  In addition to standard
 bitmapped fonts, it works with Adobe outline fonts when the Adobe Type
 Manager is installed, and works with TrueType?  fonts.  BitFont will
 also tell you how QuickDraw will draw a given font (bitmapped, ATM, or
 TrueType) and can create a text file describing a font and all its
 characters.

 BitFont was written using MPW C version 3.2.  It is in the public
 domain and may be freely distributed.  The distribution files include
 the source code for BitFont.

 Berthold K.P. Horn contributes the following solution.

 This is a commercial solution.  A font manipulation package from Y&Y
 includes:

 AFMtoPFM, PFMtoAFM, AFMtoTFM, TFMtoAFM, AFMtoSCR, SCRtoAFM, TFMtoMET,
 PFBtoPFA, PFAtoPFB, MACtoPFA, PFBtoMAC, REENCODE, MODEX, DOWNLOAD,
 SERIAL, and some other stuff I forget.

 To convert PC Type 1 fonts to Macintosh use PFBtoMAC on the outline
 font itself; then use AFMtoSCR to make the Mac `screen font'
 (repository of metric info). You may need to use PFMtoAFM to first make
 AFM file.

 To convert Macintosh font to PC Type 1, use MACtoPFA, followed by
 PFAtoPFB.  Then run SCRtoAFM on screen font to make AFM file.  Finally,
 run AFMtoPFM to make Windows font metric file.

 Y&Y are the `TeX without BitMaps' people (see ad in TUGboat):

 Y&Y makes DVPSONE, DVIWindo, and fonts, for use with TeX mostly, in
 fully hinted Adobe Type 1 format.

            Y&Y, Inc., 45 Walden Street, Concord MA 01742 USA

                             (800) 742-4059

                         (508) 371-3286 (voice)

                          (508) 371-2004 (fax)

 Mac Screen fonts can be constructed from outline fonts using
 Fontographer, as well.

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