NAME

       mmpfb - creates single-master fonts from multiple master fonts

SYNOPSIS

       mmpfb [OPTIONS...]  font

DESCRIPTION

       Mmpfb  creates  a normal, single-master PostScript font from a multiple master font by interpolation. You
       pass it a PFB or PFA font and options specifying the design point you want; it writes the  resulting  PFB
       or PFA font to the standard output.

       The  fonts  mmpfb  creates  are  interpolated  at a low level to remove multiple master instructions from
       individual characters. Therefore, they can be used by programs that don't  normally  understand  multiple
       master fonts, like ps2pk(1).

       Mmpfb  supports  fonts  with  intermediate masters, like Adobe Jenson and Kepler. It can also create AMCP
       (Adobe Multiple Master Conversion Program) files for use by mmafm(1); see --amcp-info below.

       The font argument is either the name of a PFA or PFB font file, or a PostScript font name. If you give  a
       font  name,  mmpfb  will find the actual outline file using the PSRESOURCEPATH environment variable. This
       colon-separated path is  searched  for  `PSres.upr'  files,  an  Adobe  method  for  indexing  PostScript
       resources.

       You  can  also give the name of a multiple master font instance, like `MinionMM_367_400_12_'.  Mmpfb will
       parse the font name and create that instance for you. `PSres.upr' files must be set up for this to work.

EXAMPLE

       % mmpfb --weight=400 --width=600 MyriadMM.pfb > MyriadMM_400_600_.pfb

OPTIONS

       Long options may be abbreviated to their unique prefixes.

       --output=file, -o file
            Send output to file instead of standard output.

       --pfb, -b
            Output a PFB font. This is the default.

       --pfa, -a
            Output a PFA font.

       --amcp-info
            Do not create a font; instead, output an AMCP file for use by mmafm(1).  A message is printed if the
            font doesn't have intermediate masters, in which case no AMCP file is necessary.

       --weight=N, -w N
            Set the weight axis to N.

       --width=N, -W N
            Set the width axis to N.

       --optical-size=N, -O N
            Set the optical size axis to N.

       --style=N
            Set the style axis to N.

       --1=N (--2=N, --3=N, --4=N)
            Set the first (second, third, fourth) axis to N.

       --precision=N, -p N
            Set  the  output  precision  to N.  Higher values mean the control points in the output font will be
            more exactly aligned; lower values (1 or 2) create smaller output font files, and are  close  enough
            for most purposes. A precision of N means that each point will be within 1/N font units of the exact
            interpolated value. (A font unit is generally 1/7200 inch for a 10-point font.) The default is 5.

       --subrs=N
            Limit the output font to at most N subroutines. 256 is a good value for N.

       --no-minimize
            Do not minimize the output font definition. By default, mmpfb  removes  extra  PostScript  code  and
            dictionary definitions from the font.  Supply the --no-minimize option to avoid this behavior.

TROUBLESHOOTING

       The  "IBM"  Type  1  font  interpreter  shipped  as part of the X font server and ps2pk (among others) is
       inappropriately strict about PostScript code embedded in a font. The --minimize option (now the  default)
       fixes this problem.

       Some  versions  of Adobe Acrobat Distiller may report "Warning: unable to embed font X. Invalid character
       outline data" when distilling an instance generated by mmpfb.  This is due to a limitation in the  number
       of  font  subroutines Distiller can accept. (Multiple master fonts, and the single-master fonts generated
       by mmpfb, tend to have a lot of subroutines.) Try limiting the number of  subroutines  in  the  generated
       font with the --subrs option.

SEE ALSO

       mmafm(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

       reducing font to minimum number of subroutines (N)
            You  tried to reduce the number of subroutines to less than N using the --subrs option, but the font
            needs at least N to function. The output font will have N subroutines.

AUTHOR

       Eddie Kohler, ekohler@gmail.com

       The latest version is available from:
       http://www.lcdf.org/type/

       Thanks to Melissa O'Neill for suggestions and patient debugging.