[WinMac] Re: X-platform font wobblies

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:15:22 -0500

        I have to gently disagree with my friend Leonard on this one: I would
stick to the TrueType version due to the metrics (kerning & spacing)
consistency.

        You can use the Mac version of Fontographer (part of the
FreeHand package)
to convert typefaces between TrueType and PostScript® Type 1, and between
Windows & Mac versions. Fontographer will "read in" anything you throw at
it, convert it to its own internal database format, and then generate
anything you want.

        Where the trouble comes in is in the metrics: TrueType has the metrics
integral with the file; while PostScript Type 1 has the metrics in a
separate file (.PFM, Printer Font Metrics for Windows; embedded in the
screen (bitmap) font for the Mac) from the outline typeface (.PFB, Printer
Font Binary).

        With today's modern PostScript printers able to comfortably handle
TrueType typefaces; .AND. the embedded metrics, I'd stick with TrueType.

        Five years ago, I would have advised the exact reverse... But
times change.

        Cheers!
        Dan

At 07:23 AM 9/15/99 -0500, John wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>The powers that be have decided that the firm's new image needs new
>fonts, and we seem to be running into some cross-platform problems.
>

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