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MAN Solaris - GETAFM (1)

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getafm - create an AFM file for a PostScript font.

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Synopsis
Description
Author
Trademarks
Bugs
Attributes
Notes

getafm FontName > output.ps

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

Robert Joop (rj@rainbow.in-berlin.de), Angus Duggan

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)

PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Kerning information is not generated by getafm; it is best to use original AFM files if possible.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWpsutils
Interface Stability	External

Source for ps utilities (psutils) is available on http://opensolaris.org.

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