*grin*...I guess I shoulda open the 'help' file in the program....here is copy and paste from CrossFont-(it seems that IF one copies fonts to a Mac, a 2nd step is necessary...but if they really work directly, as John suggests, why this program?

"Copying from PC to Mac:

All Mac files CrossFont creates are in MacBinary format. They can be copied to a Mac disk using TransMac (with "MacBinary" translation) or some other method. If you do not use TransMac to copy the files, you need to decode the MacBinary file after they are copied to the Mac. A good program for this is Aladdins Stuffit Expander (see the WWW Links page). This is an easy to use drag and drop utility for decoding different archive formats including MacBinary. There are Mac and PC
versions."

"CrossFont creates Mac files in MacBinary format. This is necessary since fonts exist in the resource fork of a Mac file. After copying the files to a Mac, a MacBinary decoder must be used to reconstitute a valid Mac file. To install Mac fonts, drag them to the system folder so the system can place them properly."



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"Both PostScript Type1 and TrueType fonts are vector outline fonts. This means that they contain instructions for building outlines from lines and curves which are filled to create the solid shapes of letters and other glyphs. The benefit of representing shapes this way is that they can be scaled to virtually any size and still retain smooth edges (unlike bitmap fonts which exhibit jagged edges when enlarged).

TrueType Fonts

The TrueType font format is supported, at the operating system level, on later versions of both Mac and Windows operating systems. No external software is required. TrueType fonts are made up of separate blocks of information called tables. Every different type of data has its own table. Each TrueType file contains all metric information for the font - kerning, widths, etc. It also can contain information specific to each platform it supports - encoding tables, names (in different languages), etc.

TrueType Under Windows:
Windows requires only one file for each TrueType font. The file has a TTF extension.

TrueType on the Mac:
The Mac also requires only one file for each TrueType font, but it is a resource file. Each resource file can contain many resources. A Mac TrueType font file must have a FOND resource along with the TrueType data resource. The FOND is used by the Mac font rendering mechanism.

Type1 Fonts:

Currently, Type1 fonts are not natively supported on the Mac or PC. Adobe makes software to support this format on both machines. It is called Adobe Type Manager (
ATM). Type1 fonts don't contain as much information as TrueType fonts do. Kerning is not stored in the font. More than one file is required to use them on either machine.

Type1 Under Windows:
ATM requires two files to use a Type1 font under Windows. The PFB file contains the actual font outline data. The PFM file contains metric data including kerning.

Type1 on the Mac:
ATM requires two files to use a Type1 font on the Mac. Both are resource files. The font outline data is stored in a file with type LWFN and is analogous to the PFB file on a PC. A separate file with both a FOND resource and bitmap font is also required.

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