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),	 fix-
       macps(1),  fixpsditps(1),  fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixw-
       pps(1), fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(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)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. which
3. gsnd