Single TFM file (no VF!) for Type 1 fonts

Using AFM2TFM and PLtoTF

To create a single TFM file -- complete with ligatures and kerning -- from an AFM file:

• afm2tfm <fontfilename> -T texnansx.enc -v <fontfilename>

• rename <fontfilename>.vpl <fontfilename>.pl

• pltotf <fontfilename>

where <fontfilename> is the name of the AFM file. You may wish to rename the file using the Karl Berry name. The appropriate decoration for names of LY1 (TeX 'n ANSI) encoded fonts is "8y". For example, the TFM file for Times-Roman generated this way would be called ptmr8y.tfm.

• Note: use texnansx.enc (instead of texnansi.enc) (*) in the argument to AFM2TFM to avoid problems relating to repeated encoding (texnansx.enc has the second occurence replaced by /.notdef).

  (*) You may need to hold down the Shift key when clicking on the links to the two encoding files above to prevent your browser from treating them as non-text files.

• Note: The .tfm file made by AFM2TFM is overwritten by PLtoTF -- only the .vpl file is used.

• Note: The .vpl file is renamed to avoid having to give an extension when calling PLtoTF

• Note: Ignore any complaints by AFM2TFM about adjusting some metrics

• Note: Ignore two complaints: "...don't know that property name..." from PLtoTF

• Note: If there are problems, check the versions of the utilities you are using by passing them --version on the command line. Use AFM2TFM version 8.1 and PLtoTF version 3.5 or later.

Make a note of the line printed by AFM2TFM. It is what you need to add to your psfonts.map file so DVIPS does the right thing when it comes across a reference to the font in the DVI file:

<fontfilename> <PS FontName> "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc

where <PS FontName> is the PostScript FontName. If the font is not printer resident you also need to tell DVIPS to include it, so you end up with a line like:

adbi8y AGaramond-BoldItalic "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc <gdbi.pfb

For additional information see:

• General information on LY1 font encoding

• FAQ on LY1 font encoding

• TFM files for fonts in the Adobe Type Library

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