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This was because the PostScript font specification for Type 1 fonts, which included hinting, was not publicly available. Adobe had only released the specifications for Type 3 fonts, which had some minor advantages, but did not image well on low resolution devices.
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www.truetype-typography.com/articles/ttvst1.htm
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What is the difference between a Postscript and a TrueType font? Has anyone asked you if you owned a Postscript printer? Most computer users -- and even some experts -- get glassy-eyed when asked to explain the differences between Postscript and TrueType fonts.
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coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/fonts/start.htm
coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/fonts/start.htm
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In the unlikely event that you do want an old release, they are still available here. ... Your browser should automagically transport you to the FontForge site, but some older browsers just reload this page. If you see the page continuously flickering, click here.
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$ pfaedit -new Will create a new postscript font with the ISO 8859-1 encoding (the international encoding standard for western europe, and the standard for most X fonts) and open a font view which will allow you to edit that font.
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pfaedit.sourceforge.net/overview.html
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Font of the Moment ... Font: SF Theramin Gothic 1.0 ... Q. What is the difference between TrueType and PostScript?
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www.1001fonts.com/
www.1001fonts.com/
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Suppose you have a dash in a PostScript font, and that dash is 500 units long, and the font has 1000 units to the em. Suppose a someone displays that dash at 12 points. Then that dash will be drawn with a length of 500/1000 * 12 = 6 points.
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fontforge.sourceforge.net/overview.html
fontforge.sourceforge.net/overview.html
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PostScript::Font module to fetch data from PostScript fonts 1.04 ... ttfwrapper wraps a True Type font into PostScript Type42 format ... PostScript-Font-1.10...
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search.cpan.org/dist/PostScript-Font/
search.cpan.org/dist/PostScript-Font/
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When referring to printer fonts, you are usually talking about PostScript. PostScript fonts come in pairs (there may be more than two files involved): one or more screen (bitmapped) fonts, and one printer font.The printer font is scalable, ...
http://www.campuscopy.com/help/designtips/fonts_basic.h...
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MathMagic Type 1 PostScript fonts are based on the PostScript technology, which was designed to get outputs of high resolutions with laser printers and other typesetters. You can use these fonts to download to the printer or RIP to print mo...
http://www.mathmagic.com/kr/support/faqs.html
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