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Re: [ft] cannot open some fonts on mac and linux


From: Detlef Würkner
Subject: Re: [ft] cannot open some fonts on mac and linux
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:23:29 +0200

address@hidden (Riccardo Cohen) wrote:

> it seems that all afm/pfm font are not open: p052023l.pfm which removes 
> from the list all /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/.

.afm/.pfm files are not font files but font metric files. You normally
open e.g. "fontname.pfa" and call FT_Attach_File(face, "fontname.afm")
to attach the metric file to the font which enables you to use the
kerning information in the metrics file.

Ciao, Detlef
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