MMPFB(1) General Commands Manual MMPFB(1) NAME mmpfb - creates single-master fonts from multiple master fonts SYNOPSIS mmpfb [OPTIONS...] font DESCRIPTION Mmpfb creates a normal, single-master PostScript font from a multiple mas- ter font by interpolation. You pass it a PFB or PFA font and options speci- fying the design point you want; it writes the resulting PFB or PFA font to the standard output. The fonts mmpfb creates are interpolated at a low level to remove multiple master instructions from individual characters. Therefore, they can be used by programs that don't normally understand multiple master fonts, like ps2pk(1). Mmpfb supports fonts with intermediate masters, like Adobe Jenson and Ke- pler. It can also create AMCP (Adobe Multiple Master Conversion Program) files for use by mmafm(1); see --amcp-info below. The font argument is either the name of a PFA or PFB font file, or a Post- Script font name. If you give a font name, mmpfb will find the actual out- line file using the PSRESOURCEPATH environment variable. This colon-sepa- rated path is searched for `PSres.upr' files, an Adobe method for indexing PostScript resources. You can also give the name of a multiple master font instance, like `Min- ionMM_367_400_12_'. Mmpfb will parse the font name and create that in- stance for you. `PSres.upr' files must be set up for this to work. EXAMPLE % mmpfb --weight=400 --width=600 MyriadMM.pfb > MyriadMM_400_600_.pfb OPTIONS Long options may be abbreviated to their unique prefixes. --output=file, -o file Send output to file instead of standard output. --pfb, -b Output a PFB font. This is the default. --pfa, -a Output a PFA font. --amcp-info Do not create a font; instead, output an AMCP file for use by mmafm(1). A message is printed if the font doesn't have intermediate masters, in which case no AMCP file is necessary. --weight=N, -w N Set the weight axis to N. --width=N, -W N Set the width axis to N. --optical-size=N, -O N Set the optical size axis to N. --style=N Set the style axis to N. --1=N (--2=N, --3=N, --4=N) Set the first (second, third, fourth) axis to N. --precision=N, -p N Set the output precision to N. Higher values mean the control points in the output font will be more exactly aligned; lower values (1 or 2) create smaller output font files, and are close enough for most pur- poses. A precision of N means that each point will be within 1/N font units of the exact interpolated value. (A font unit is generally 1/7200 inch for a 10-point font.) The default is 5. --subrs=N Limit the output font to at most N subroutines. 256 is a good value for N. --no-minimize Do not minimize the output font definition. By default, mmpfb removes extra PostScript code and dictionary definitions from the font. Sup- ply the --no-minimize option to avoid this behavior. TROUBLESHOOTING The "IBM" Type 1 font interpreter shipped as part of the X font server and ps2pk (among others) is inappropriately strict about PostScript code embed- ded in a font. The --minimize option (now the default) fixes this problem. Some versions of Adobe Acrobat Distiller may report "Warning: unable to em- bed font X. Invalid character outline data" when distilling an instance generated by mmpfb. This is due to a limitation in the number of font sub- routines Distiller can accept. (Multiple master fonts, and the single-mas- ter fonts generated by mmpfb, tend to have a lot of subroutines.) Try lim- iting the number of subroutines in the generated font with the --subrs op- tion. SEE ALSO mmafm(1) DIAGNOSTICS reducing font to minimum number of subroutines (N) You tried to reduce the number of subroutines to less than N using the --subrs option, but the font needs at least N to function. The output font will have N subroutines. AUTHOR Eddie Kohler, ekohler@gmail.com The latest version is available from: http://www.lcdf.org/type/ Thanks to Melissa O'Neill for suggestions and patient debugging. Version 2.110 LCDF Typetools MMPFB(1)
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