[tex-k] How Does One Create pk Files From A PostScript Font?

[Paul Vojta]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 02:27:09AM +0200, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> On 2012-06-07 at 09:10:05 -0600, Jay F Shachter wrote:
> 
>  > I have some PostScript definitions of fonts that I would like to use
>  > in TeX.  I created the necessary tfm file by running afm2tfm on an afm
>  > file that I had earlier created from the font definitions by using
>  > $GS_HOME/lib/printafm.ps (part of the GhostScript distribution; I
>  > observe, parenthetically, that the printafm procedure choked until I
>  > modified the font definition by adding an otherwise unnecessary
>  > FontName entry to the font dictionary).
>  > 
>  > At this point, I can, presumably (I have not tried it), create dvi
>  > files using TeX.  The remaining unsolved problem is creating pk files
>  > so that my TeX output can be rendered.  The (misnamed) ps2pk program
>  > requires a .pfb or .psa file.  I have neither, only a .ps file
>  > containing a dictionary definition indexed by the keys /FontName,
>  > /FontType, /FontMatrix, /FontBBox, /PaintType, /FontInfo (which is
>  > itself a dictionary), /Encoding, /Metrics, /CharStrings, and
>  > /BuildChar.
>  > 
>  > Of course, I understand that the name of a file means nothing.  I can
>  > certainly copy or rename the .ps file to a .pfa file.  The more
>  > substantive problem is that ps2pk seems to insist on a Type 1 font.
>  > Thus:
>  > 
>  >   $ cp OldJaffa.ps OldJaffa.pfa
>  >   $ ps2pk OldJaffa
>  >   psfile = ./OldJaffa.pfa
>  >   afmfile = ./OldJaffa.afm
>  >   basename of OldJaffa = OldJaffa
>  >   basename of ./OldJaffa.pfa = OldJaffa.pfa
>  >   Type1OpenScalable error (result: -2) on ./OldJaffa.pfa 
>  > 
>  > My PostScript files define Type 3 fonts, not Type 1 fonts.  How do I
>  > use them with TeX?  Thank you in advance for any and all replies.  You
>  > may reach me using any of the means indicated below.
> 
> Trying to create .pk fonts is a step into the wrong direction, IMO.
> It makes more sense to create a Type 1 font instead.  In order to find
> out the best approach, I need more details about your font.  Are there
> outlines already or are glyphs described with arbitrary PostScript code?
> 
> Regards,
>   Reinhard

Or:  Have you tried gsftopk?

--Paul Vojta, vojta at math.berkeley.edu