T1UTILS VERSION 1.30 NOTES
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You need an ANSI C compiler, such as gcc.
Just type `./configure', then `make'. `make install' will build and
install the utilities and their manual pages.
`./configure' accepts the usual options. See `INSTALL' for more
details. The most commonly used option is `--prefix', which can be used
to install the utilities in a place other than /usr/local.
Changes since version 1.2 (c) 1998-2003 Eddie Kohler, under the same
redistribution copyright as I. Lee Hetherington's. See below for I. Lee
Hetherington's original README from 1992, updated slightly for today's
t1utils.
Eddie Kohler
kohler icir.org
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t1utils is a collection of simple type-1 font manipulation programs.
Together, they allow you to convert between PFA (ASCII) and PFB (binary)
formats, disassemble PFA or PFB files into human-readable form, reassemble
them into PFA or PFB format. Additionally you can extract font resources
from a Macintosh font file (ATM/Laserwriter), or create a Macintosh Type 1
font file from a PFA or PFB font.
There are currently six programs:
t1ascii converts PFB files to PFA format.
t1binary converts PFA files to PFB format.
t1disasm disassembles a type-1 font (PFA or PFB format) into a
raw, human-readable text form for subsequent hand
editing, tweaking, hint fixing, etc...
t1asm assembles type-1 font into PFA or PFB format from
human-readable form produced by t1disasm.
t1unmac extracts POST resources from a Macintosh type-1 file
(ATM/Laserwriter) into PFA or PFB format for use outside
the Macintosh environment. The Macintosh file should be
stored in MacBinary, AppleSingle, AppleDouble, or BinHex
format, or as a raw resource fork. Note that t1unmac does
not have to run on a Macintosh, but makes Macintosh type-1
fonts available to Unix machines and PCs.
t1mac creates a Macintosh Type 1 file from a PFA or PFB-format
Type 1 font. Writes the Macintosh file in MacBinary,
AppleSingle, AppleDouble, or BinHex format, or as a raw
resource fork. WARNING: This will not suffice to use the
new font on a Macintosh, as Macintoshes cannot read raw
Type 1 fonts. You will need to create a font suitcase
containing bitmap fonts if you do not have such a suitcase
for the font already. T1utils cannot help you do this.
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Thanks to Kai-Uwe Herbing (herbingnetmbx.netmbx.de) for the MS-DOS
port (Microsoft C/C++ compiler).
The copyright on all of the tools in t1utils looks like:
Copyright (c) 1992 by I. Lee Hetherington, all rights
reserved.
Permission is hereby granted to use, modify, and distribute
this program for any purpose provided this copyright notice
and the one below remain intact.
Note that these tools should not be used to illegally copy type-1 font
programs. Typeface design is an intricate art that should be
rewarded.
I. Lee Hetherington
ilhlcs.mit.edu
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