GETAFM(1)                                             GETAFM(1)





NAME
       getafm - create an AFM file for a PostScript font.

SYNOPSIS
       getafm FontName > output.ps

DESCRIPTION
       Getafm  generates  a PostScript file which prints an AFM
       file for a font to the  printer's  output  channel.  The
       output  of  getafm  should  be  sent to a printer, or to
       GhostScript. For example,

             getafm Times-Roman | gsnd - >Times-Roman.afm


AUTHOR
       Robert Joop (rj@rainbow.in-berlin.de), Angus Duggan

SEE ALSO
       psbook(1), psselect(1), pstops(1), epsffit(1), psnup(1),
       psresize(1),   psmerge(1),   fixscribeps(1),  getafm(1),
       fixdlsrps(1),  fixfmps(1),  fixmacps(1),  fixpsditps(1),
       fixpspps(1),    fixtpps(1),   fixwfwps(1),   fixwpps(1),
       fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(1), showchar(1)

TRADEMARKS
       PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

BUGS
       Kerning  information  is  not generated by getafm; it is
       best to use original AFM files if possible.



                PSUtils Release 1 Patchlevel 17       GETAFM(1)
