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Font Locations
Installing Fonts
Installing Other Supported Fonts
Installing Adobe Postscript
Type 1 Fonts
When
installing Windows and Macintosh Adobe Postscript Type 1 fonts in Flame,
you must first transfer the font files to the Flame system.
Then you convert them into a format recognizable by the software.
The converter used depends on the source of the font (Windows or
Macintosh).
An Adobe Postscript Type
1 font consists of two files. The .pfb file contains
the outlines for each character. The .afm file contains
the Adobe font metrics. If the AFM file is not present, you can
still use the font in Flame; however, it is preferable to have
the AFM file, since it supplies Linux with additional font information,
including kerning-pair data.
You can transfer the
font files using an NFS or FTP utility. For fonts transferred from
a Windows system to a Linux system, you can then use the pfbtopfa utility
to convert the Windows printer font binary (.pfb) file to a Linux-friendly
outline font (.pfa) file. The AFM file does
not require conversion.
For Adobe Postscript
Type 1 fonts transferred from a Macintosh to a Linux system, you
must install a font-conversion utility, such as t1utils.
To use Adobe Postscript Type 1 fonts:
- Use FTP Explorer or a similar file transfer
utility to move the fonts from the Windows or Macintosh machine.
- In the transfer utility, set the transfer
format to binary mode.
NoteIn Mac OS 9 (and
earlier) TCP programs, select the MacBinary option. In OS X, you
will need to install a utility, such as BinJuggler, to encode the
files before transferring.
- Transfer the font files to the directory
of your choice on the Linux system, keeping the outline file and
AFM file together.
- On the Linux system, go to the directory
where you transferred the font files.
- For files transferred from a Windows
machine, convert the outline file from a printer font binary (.pfb)
file to a printer font ascii (.pfa) file
using the pfbtopfa utility:
<font name>
For example, to convert
the Myriad font, type:
- For files transferred from a Macintosh,
use a font-conversion utility (such as t1utils) to
convert the font files.
- After converting the font, clean up the
directory by deleting the <font name>.bin files.
- The next time you start Flame, you
can load and select the fonts.