Extracting fonts from PDF files: method I

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Extracting fonts from PDF files: method I (1) Export a PostScript file (by pdf2ps, ghostscript, or AcrobatReader); (2) Look for pfa-format type 1 PostScript fonts (they start with %! and end about 50k later with cleartomark); sometimes you may want to look for BeginResource or BeginFont and take anything until the next EndResource; (3) Save that portion to a file (if the first line is not %! then use an editor to add that line; (4) Convert this to a pfb, by using free tools such as t1binary; (5) Warning: you have no .afm (font metric) file, so all kerning is lost, and the fonts are a tad useless. There are free tools to create .afm files without kerning pairs though.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS PDF-related web sites ⦿

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