MS-DOS Truetypes (was Re: Walking Icons?)

[90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (TAO BRIAN T)]

In article <1993Aug14.120545.9274@msuvx2.memst.edu>, ustai@msuvx2.memst.edu writes...
> 
> Oh yeah, if you read a MS-DOS truetype font from an MS-DOS disk, how do
> you convert it so that Pointless recognizes it?  Thanx yet again!

    You can't.  The two are in different formats.  The Windows *.TTF
file is actually the 'sfnt' resource of a Mac/GS Truetype.  There's a
small utility on the Mac called TTConvert which can convert between Mac
and Windows formats.  In System 7.x, you can drag-and-drop a bunch of
font icons to do a batch conversion.  I find most Windows TT's don't
have the same ASCII mapping as Apple TT's.  The accented characters are
in the wrong place, other symbols are missing and some new ones are
added in.
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