GETAFM(1)						      General Commands Manual							 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-
       psditps(1), fixpspps(1), fixtpps(1), fixwfwps(1), fixwpps(1), fixwwps(1), extractres(1), includeres(1), showchar(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)