User Commands                                           GETAFM(1)



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.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE     ATRIBUTE VALUE
    
     Availability         SUNWpsutils    
    
     Interface Stability  External       
    

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








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