Typophile

Converting old .pfm files to .ttf

jess0 votes

I have some old fonts that are in the .pfm format, does anyone know how I can convert them to TTF?

THanks

Bob Evans0 votes

The PFB file contains the actual font outline data. The PFM file contains just the metric data including kerning. You need both to have a font.

jess0 votes

I have both and managed to use Crossfont to convert them to OTF, but how would I then convert them to TTF ?

Bob Evans0 votes

You can do it with TransType or Fontlab but what is wrong with Opentype format.

Amanda Guerrera0 votes

I found a wonderful online conversion tool that enables you to convert pfm and pfb to ttf.

http://onlinefontconverter.com/myfonts.php

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