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+type1inst is a small perl script which generates the
+"fonts.scale" file required by an X11 server to use any
+Type 1 PostScript fonts which exist in a particular
+directory. It gathers this informatiom from the font files
+themselves, a task which previously was done by hand. The
+script is also capable of generating the similar "Fontmap"
+file used by ghostscript. It can also generate sample sheets
+for the fonts.