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6. True Type to Type1 Conversion6.1 Why ?or perhaps the right question to ask is ``why not ?'' The typical Linux user has experienced a migration from Windows, and probably has an enormous collection of TrueType fonts. Many of these fonts ( eg those that ship with MS Word and Corel's products ) are of fairly good quality. However, some Linux applications, such as Star Office and LaTeX do not support TrueType fonts, but do support Type1 fonts. update: it looks like Star Office can handle TrueType fonts, but I'm still trying to work out the details. At best, it involves some fairly gruesome hacks. This is a pity, because with ghostscript support for TrueType, and TrueType font servers, Linux has the infrastructure it needs to handle TrueType. 6.2 How ?To convert your TrueType fonts into Type1 fonts, go to http://quadrant.netspace.net.au/ttf2pt1/ and get ttf2pt1. To convert a TrueType to a Type1 font, use the following syntax:
ttf2pt1 -b file.ttf name
Where name is the name of the file corresponding to the new Type1
font ( ie it's arbitrary. It's a good idea to make it the same as the ttf file.
eg ttf2pt1 -b foo.ttf foo.
Well, that worked fine for one font. If we have a lot, we need a smarter way to do it. One can just just use a loop:
for X in *.ttf; do ttf2pt1 -b $X ${X%%.ttf}; done
Alternatively, you can download the
ttfutils
package and use ttf2type1 for the conversions.
ttf2type1 *.ttf
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