

When OpenType TT fonts are sent to a PostScript printer or RIP, the printer driver sends them in the TrueType native format (Type 42) or converts them into Type 1 fonts, depending on the user's settings. So in the PostScript RIP, both OpenType PS fonts and Type 1 fonts arrive as Type 1 fonts. When OpenType PS fonts are sent to a PostScript printer or RIP, the printer driver usually converts them to PostScript Type 1 fonts. We support most common font file formats for Mac and PC. You can convert Type 1 fonts into OpenType PS fonts using Adobe FDK for OpenType or using TransType Pro by Fontlab Ltd. This tool allows you to convert one font format into another, including many exotic formats. I wouldn't recommend converting Type 1 fonts into OpenType TT fonts since the outline point coordinates are converted into a different curve system which may result in minimal inaccuraties. When using Ghostscript as a file rasterizer (converting PostScript or PDF to a raster.

This depends on whether you convert the font into OpenType TT (.ttf) or OpenType PS (.otf). Appendix: Running Ghostscript with third-party font renderers. > down the road with Rips when trying to print the > what problems could we possibly experience later > 2 - If we were to convert this font to Open Type, What you surely are not allowed to do is distribute the converted fonts. Some vendors allow user modifications of the fonts, others don't. That depends on the exact terms of the End User License Agreement (EULA) that is between you and the font vendor. > be breaking Font Laws by doing something illegal? > to Open Type using Conversion Software, would we

1 - If we were to convert the Postscript version
