On 2017-06-22 11:53, Nadav Har'El wrote: > What does it take to "convert" a Type 1 font into OpenType or TrueType? > Is it just a trivial format conversion issue, or something more > involved? Is something lost in this conversion - precision, ability to > edit, or anything else?
I just did a series of tests, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal. 1] In debian, install package 'fontforge'. 2] Create folder ~/.fonts 3] Copy a font's file to your home folder (I chose /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/DorianCLM-Book.*) 4] Follow the instructions at ref[1], but before saving, for the purpose of the test, go to menu 'element > font info' and change the name of the font in all fields to something new and unique and original, like 'aaaa'. 5] When saving the font per the instructions at ref[1], select your ~/.fonts folder, and for the purpose of the test, name the saved font file 'aaaa'. 6] From the command line 'fc-list aaaa' should return the path to your new font. 7] Open libreoffice and test the font. 8] What about running in batch mode? Whoa, Google tells me that 'fontforge' supports python scripting[2], and the "simple example"[2] is none other than converting a Type1 PostScript font (a pfb/afm combination) into a TrueType font! I didn't play with that. References: [1] https://www.maketecheasier.com/how-to-convert-fonts-to-ttf-format-in-ubuntu/ [2] https://fontforge.github.io/scripting-tutorial.html -- hkp://keys.gnupg.net CA45 09B5 5351 7C11 A9D1 7286 0036 9E45 1595 8BC0 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
