How to Convert Postscript Fonts to Truetype
Postscript fonts are created by Adobe for use in both print and online. You can scale them as you wish without losing the quality or shape of the font. Truetype fonts were developed by Apple as its counter to the Postscript fonts, and scaling was allowed up to the pixel. (Pixels are the individual squares that make up text or a graphic and what you see when you magnify anything on your monitor.) Truetype was licensed by Apple to Microsoft, which is why you automatically have Truetype when you install Microsoft software. Conversion software is used to change Postscript fonts to Truetype.
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Instructions
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Install font-conversion software. Popular conversion software includes CrossFont, FontXChange and FontLab (see Resources for links).
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Launch the software by double-clicking the desktop icon or clicking the software name from the list of applications on your computer. Click "Search" and locate and click the Postscript fonts you wish to convert. Postscript fonts have extension names of PFM or PFB. This means at the end of the name of the font you see a ".pfm" or ".pfb."
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Click on "Add File" in the software front page. Then, select the files of your Postscript font.
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Decide where you want to save the new Truetype font file by clicking "Save To" and clicking the desired option from your available choices.
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Click the "Convert" button to convert the font.
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Tips & Warnings
You can find your converted Truetype font in your output folder that you established in Step 4.
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