1MMAFM(1)                    General Commands Manual                   MMAFM(1)
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NAME

6       mmafm - creates AFM font metrics for multiple master fonts
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SYNOPSIS

9       mmafm [OPTIONS...]  font
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DESCRIPTION

12       Mmafm  creates AFM font metrics for PostScript multiple master fonts by
13       interpolation. You pass it an AMFM file (multiple master font  metrics)
14       and  options  specifying  the  design point you want, and it writes the
15       resulting AFM file to the standard output.
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17       Each font argument is either the filename of an AFM or AMFM  font  met‐
18       rics  file,  or  a PostScript font name. If you give a font name, mmafm
19       will look up the actual font  metrics  file  using  the  PSRESOURCEPATH
20       environment   variable.  This  colon-separated  path  is  searched  for
21       `PSres.upr' files, an Adobe method for indexing PostScript resources.
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23       You can also give the name of a multiple  master  font  instance,  like
24       `MinionMM_367_400_12_'.  Mmafm will parse the font name and create that
25       instance for you. `PSres.upr' files must be set up for this to work.
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27       Any multiple master font should be distributed with a single AMFM  file
28       and  several  AFM files (one for each master). For Myriad, for example,
29       the AMFM  file  is  MyriadMM.amfm  and  the  AFM  files  are  MyriadMM-
30       LightCn.afm,  MyriadMM-LightSemiEx.afm, MyriadMM-BlackCn.afm, and Myri‐
31       adMM-BlackSemiEx.afm.  Mmafm needs to find all these files to function.
32       For  fonts  in  the  Adobe type library, you can download the necessary
33       files from <http://www.lcdf.org/type>; look for the mm-metrics package.
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35       You must always supply the AMFM file (or its font name) on the  command
36       line,  but  mmafm will look for any required AFM files you don't supply
37       yourself. It tries the PSRESOURCEPATH environment  variable,  and  also
38       looks for files named `FontName.afm' or `FontName.AFM' in the directory
39       that contained the AMFM file. (The Myriad  filenames  given  above  fit
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42       Mmafm  supports  fonts with intermediate masters, like Adobe Jenson and
43       Kepler. If your PSRESOURCEPATH environment variable is set up, it  will
44       handle  these fonts automatically. Otherwise, you must first run `mmpfb
45       --amcp-info' on the font outline files to create auxiliary  AMCP  files
46       for these fonts.  Each AMCP file should be in the same directory as its
47       corresponding AMFM file and should have the  same  root  filename,  but
48       with  a  `.amcp'  extension  instead  of `.amfm'. See mmpfb(1) for more
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EXAMPLE

52       % mmafm --weight=400 --width=600 MyriadMM.amfm > MyriadMM_400_600_.afm
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OPTIONS

55       Long options may be abbreviated to their unique prefixes.
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57       --output=file, -o file
58            Send output to file instead of standard output.
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60       --weight=N, -w N
61            Set the weight axis to N.
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66       --optical-size=N, -O N
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72       --1=N (--2=N, --3=N, --4=N)
73            Set the first (second, third, fourth) axis to N.
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75       --precision=N, -p N
76            Round output numbers so they have at most N digits after the deci‐
77            mal  point.  Smaller  numbers  are less precise; `-p 0' rounds all
78            numbers to integers. The default precision is 3.
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80       --min-kern=N, -k N
81            Only output kerning pairs whose absolute value  is  N  or  larger.
82            Smaller minimum kerns make kerning more precise and the output AFM
83            file bigger. The default minimum kern is 2.0.
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TROUBLESHOOTING

86       Some programs, such as TeX's fontinst, can  choke  on  AFM  files  that
87       include  fractional numbers. Therefore, if you have trouble with an AFM
88       file, try rerunning mmafm with the --precision=0 option.
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SEE ALSO

91       mmpfb(1)
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DIAGNOSTICS

94       Font requires intermediate master conversion programs
95            You haven't yet created an AMCP file for Font.
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AUTHOR

98       Eddie Kohler, ekohler@gmail.com
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100       The latest version is available from:
101       http://www.lcdf.org/type/
102       AMFM and AFM files for Adobe Type Library fonts are also available at
103       that URL.
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105       Thanks to Melissa O'Neill for suggestions and patient debugging.
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