Re: .pfb files

["Berthold K.P. Horn" <bkph@ai.mit.edu>]

At 05:16 PM 6/10/99 -0400, Darrell Ensley wrote:

>Anyways, what i need to know is:


>1) Where can i find the .pfb files for Arial font (first), in fact 
>    for all of the monotype and adobe fonts i may try to install?
>    i can't seem to find any on CTAN (www nor ftp).

These are good font sources:

Adobe:    http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/main.html
           http://www.adobe.com  
Monotype: http://www3.digitalriver.com/type/index.html
           http://www.monotype.com 
LinoType: http://www.fonts.de/fonts/ehtml/3533C409/fontstore.htm
           http://www.linotypelibrary.com
ITC:      http://www.itcfonts.com/itc/fonts/index.html
           http://www.itcfonts.com
URW:      http://www.urwpp.de/cgi-bin1/dalcgi/english/Kliste.htd
           http://www.urwpp.de/home_e.htm  
Agfa:     http://www.agfahome.com/agfatype/pstype/main.html
           http://www.agfahome.com/agfatype
           http://www.agfadirect.com
FontShop: http://www.fontshop.de/fontshop/fontshop.html 
           http://www.fontshop.de
Bitstream http://www3.digitalriver.com/bit/index.html
           http://www.bitstream.com
Emigre:   https://sales.emigre.com/order.html
           http://www.emigre.com/
LetraSet: http://www.letraset.com/itc/fonts/index.html
           http://www.letraset.com/
Y&Y:      http://www.YandY.com/products.htm#fonts
Berthold  http://www.bertholdtypes.com/
Fontfont  http://www.fontfont.de/
Fonthaus  http://www.fonthaus.com/
Tiro      http://www.tiro.com/
P22:      http://www.p22.com/index.html
Coniglio: http://www.conigliotype.com/
3 island: http://www.3ip.com/3ip.html
Vintage:  http://www.vintagetype.com/

Font Bureau     http://www.fontbureau.com
Phil's Fonts    http://www.philsfonts.com/
Treacyfaces     http://www.treacyfaces.com/
Scriptorium     http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium
EyeWire                 http://www.eyewire.com/type/

For more see:  http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/default.asp


>2) What are .pfb and .pfa files in the first place and why do i 
>    need them (or why didn't they come with the fonts from CTAN)?

Fonts are typically commercial copyrighted material.  
They do not appear  on CTAN for the same reason MS Word, 
Adobe Pagemaker and  Quark Express do not.

Some fonts are built inft PS printers, so you paid some license
fee for them indirectly when you paid for the printer.  These fonts
can be used easily for printing but not previewing.

Some fonts are available with few restrictions.  See for example
http://www.ams.org/index/tex/type1-cm-fonts.html

Regards.


Berthold K.P. Horn	mailto:bkph@ai.mit.edu  http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/bkph/bkph.html