GETAFM
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17
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NAME
getafm - create an AFM file for a PostScript font.
SYNOPSIS
getafm
FontName
>
output.ps
DESCRIPTION
Getafm
generates a PostScript file which prints an AFM file for a font to the
printer's output channel. The output of
getafm
should be sent to a printer, or to GhostScript. For example,
getafm Times-Roman | gsnd - >Times-Roman.afm
AUTHOR
Robert Joop (rj@rainbow.in-berlin.de), Angus Duggan
SEE ALSO
psbook(1), psselect(1), pstops(1), epsffit(1), psnup(1), psresize(1), psmerge(1), fixscribeps(1), getafm(1), fixdlsrps(1), fixfmps(1), fixmacps(1), fixpsditps(1), fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(1)
TRADEMARKS
PostScript
is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
BUGS
Kerning information is not generated by
getafm;
it is best to use original AFM files if possible.