diff options
| author | wiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org> | 2002-07-16 15:26:01 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | wiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org> | 2002-07-16 15:26:01 +0000 |
| commit | 7630bb1db05a2f420b5f39d02d5c7143f8e588ba (patch) | |
| tree | 0fd02ea6e6b015320dddc4814b78ac3b8037fbfd /fonts/ttftot42/DESCR | |
| parent | 2f9308deb250d47318b7d2fd374983fdce9f5c4c (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-7630bb1db05a2f420b5f39d02d5c7143f8e588ba.tar.gz | |
Re-import of converters/ttf2pt1, print/p5-Font-AFM, and print/ttftot42
into fonts. Changes: CATEGORY fixed, minimal cleanup.
Proposed by Rui-Xiang Guo.
Diffstat (limited to 'fonts/ttftot42/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | fonts/ttftot42/DESCR | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fonts/ttftot42/DESCR b/fonts/ttftot42/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..904ba2e558b --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/ttftot42/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ + TrueType fonts cannot be converted to Type 1 fonts without loss of +quality, since conversion introduces rounding errors and loses hinting +information. Therefore, newer PostScript interpreters (Adobe +PostScript since version 2013, ghostscript since 5.03) include a +TrueType rasterizers. To use a TrueType font with them, it has to be +embedded in a PostScript font dictionary; this format is called Type 42. + + This program generates such Type 42 fonts from TrueType fonts. It +can also generate Adobe Font Metrics files (AFM files), including +kerning information. + + Not yet supported are TrueType Collections and the creation of CID +keyed fonts from large TrueType fonts (East Asian or Unicode fonts). |