7. TrueType Utilities

This section contains a list of utilities for using TrueType fonts. Most of them are referenced earlier in this document but they are listed here for easier reference.

• ttf2ps can be used to convert TrueType fonts to Adobe Type 42 fonts; see Converting to Adobe Type 42.
• ttf2pt1 can be used to convert TrueType fonts to Adobe Type 1 and Type 3 fonts, and to create .afm font metric files. The Type 1 Utilities (t1utils), available from the ttf2pt1 web site, are required to create working Type 1 font files. See Converting to Adobe Type 1
• The TTFUtils package includes a number of small labor-saving utilities:
  • tt2ft: converts xfstt's font list to a standard X fonts.scale file which can be used with xfsft
  • tt2so: converts xfstt's font list to a StarOffice psstd.fonts file
  • starafm: creates .afm files compatible with StarOffice
  • tt2type1: a wrapper for ttf2pt1 to simplify conversion to Adobe Type 1 fonts
  Note that these may not yet be available. Be patient!
• ttinst can create a fonts.scale file for specified TrueType fonts, useful for xfsft. The current version, 0.61, does not appear to be compatible with FreeType 1.1.