MMAFM(1)MMAFM(1)NAMEmmafm - creates AFM font metrics for multiple master fonts
SYNOPSISmmafm [OPTION | FONT]...
DESCRIPTION
Mmafm creates AFM font metrics for PostScript multiple
master fonts by interpolation. You pass it an AMFM file
(multiple master font metrics) and options specifying the
design point you want, and it writes the resulting AFM
file to the standard output.
Each font argument is either the filename of an AFM or
AMFM font metrics file, or a PostScript font name. If you
give a font name, mmafm will look up the actual font met
rics file using the PSRESOURCEPATH environment variable.
This colon-separated 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 `MinionMM_367_400_12_'. Mmafm will parse
the font name and create that instance for you.
`PSres.upr' files must be set up for this to work.
Any multiple master font should be distributed with a sin
gle AMFM file and several AFM files (one for each master).
For Myriad, for example, the AMFM file is MyriadMM.amfm
and the AFM files are MyriadMM-LightCn.afm, MyriadMM-
LightSemiEx.afm, MyriadMM-BlackCn.afm, and MyriadMM-Black
SemiEx.afm. Mmafm needs to find all these files to func
tion.
You must always supply the AMFM file (or its font name) on
the command line, but mmafm will look for any required AFM
files you don't supply yourself. It tries the PSRESOUR
CEPATH environment variable, and also looks for files
named `FontName.afm' or `FontName.AFM' in the directory
that contained the AMFM file. (The Myriad filenames given
above fit this pattern.)
Mmafm supports fonts with intermediate masters, like Adobe
Jenson and Kepler. If your PSRESOURCEPATH environment
variable is set up, it will handle these fonts automati
cally. Otherwise, you must first run `mmpfb --amcp-info'
on the font outline files to create auxiliary AMCP files
for these fonts. Each AMCP file should be in the same
directory as its corresponding AMFM file and should have
the same root filename, but with a `.amcp' extension
instead of `.amfm'. See mmpfb(1) for more information.
EXAMPLE
% mmafm --weight=400 --width=600 MyriadMM.amfm > MyriadMM_400_600_.afm
OPTIONS
Long options may be abbreviated to their unique prefixes.
--output=file, -o file
Send output to file instead of standard output.
--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
Round output numbers so they have at most N digits
after the decimal point. Smaller numbers are less
precise; `-p 0' rounds all numbers to integers. The
default precision is 3.
--kern-precision=N, -k N
Remove output kerning pairs whose absolute value is
less than N. Smaller numbers are more precise. The
default kern precision is 2.0.
SEE ALSOmmpfb(1)DIAGNOSTICS
Font requires intermediate master conversion programs
You haven't yet created an AMCP file for Font.
AUTHOR
Eddie Kohler, eddietwo@lcs.mit.edu
http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~eddietwo/
The latest version is available from:
http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/
Thanks to Melissa O'Neill <oneill@cs.sfu.ca> for sugges
tions and patient debugging.
Version 1.18 28 November 1999 MMAFM(1)
