[OS X TeX] using informal math fonts outside LaTeX?

[Michael Sharpe]

On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Gary L. Gray <glgray at me.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Happy Holidays to those of you celebrating them this time of year.
> 
> As usual, I am trying to do some catching up this time of year. And, as usual, I have run across a problem...
> 
> A number of years ago, I purchased the Informal Math Font Package from MicroPress.
> 
> http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/ifmath/ifmain.htm
> 
> The files I was given work nicely with LaTeX, but I am unable to use them outside of LaTeX (e.g., in Keynote or Pages). The files I have are:
> 
> afm
> 	ifb.afm
> 	ifbo.afm
> 	ifex10.afm
> 	ifmi10.afm
> 	ifo.afm
> 	ifrg.afm
> 	ifsy10.afm
> cfg
> 	cm.enc
> 	iffonts.cfg
> 	iffonts.map
> 	mv.enc
> l2e
> 	infomath.sty
> 	lv1enc.def
> 	lv1ifr.fd
> 	lv1ifri.fd
> 	lv1ifrp.fd
> 	lv1iftt.fd
> 	lv1iitt.fd
> 	lv1iptt.fd
> 	lvlienc.def
> 	lvliifm.fd
> 	lvliifr.fd
> 	lvsienc.def
> 	lvsiifr.fd
> 	lvsiifri.fd
> 	lvsiifrp.fd
> 	lvsiifsy.fd
> 	lvxiifex.fd
> 	mv.enc
> 	omlifm.fd
> 	omlifr.fd
> 	omsifr.fd
> 	omsifsy.fd
> 	omxifex.fd
> 	ot1ifr.fd
> metrics
> 	ifbo10cm.tfm
> 	ifbx10.tfm
> 	ifbxsl10.tfm
> 	ifex10.tfm
> 	ifmi10.tfm
> 	ifr10.tfm
> 	ifrb10cm.tfm
> 	ifrm10cm.tfm
> 	ifro10cm.tfm
> 	ifsl10.tfm
> 	ifsy10.tfm
> pfb
> 	ifb.pfb
> 	ifbo.pfb
> 	ifex10.pfb
> 	ifmi10.pfb
> 	ifo.pfb
> 	ifrg.pfb
> 	ifsy10.pfb
> pfm
> 	ifb.pfm
> 	ifbo.pfm
> 	ifex10.pfm
> 	ifmi10.pfm
> 	ifo.pfm
> 	ifrg.pfm
> 	ifsy10.pfm
> 
> I tried loading the .pfb files into Font Book, but nothing good came of it. Is there a way to use these files outside of LaTeX? If so, how do I do it?
> 

You can use FontForge to make a conversion from pfb+afm to otf. It's not difficult if you have a little experience with FontForge, but its interface is not at all Mac-like. (I'd be willing to do it for you.)

Michael