MACF2IBMF
                                
                               version 1.0
                                                        

What Can This Program do for Me?
        
        This program will convert Macintosh PostScript type 1 and 3 fonts
        to the IBM PostScript type 1 and 3 format.
        
        Version 2.0 of PageStream can use IBM PostScript type 1 fonts but not
        the type 3 fonts. 
        
        
How Do I Use This Program?

        Needed before use:
        
        This program needs arp.library 1.3 or greater. A copy of this is
        included. Install the arp.library in your LIBS: directory.
        
        You will need to copy the Macintosh PostScript fonts to the Amiga
        using Mac-2-Dos or any other means that will allow you to copy a
        Macintosh file. The file needs to be copied keeping intact all the
        Macintosh file information (headers and resources). This can be done
        in Mac-2-Dos by specifying the MacBinary Conversion method.

        To use these fonts with PageStream v2.0 you will also need to copy the
        corresponding AFM files. Copy these using the ASCII conversion method.
        These files are simple text files.
        
        The best way to use this is to have a directory for the Mac fonts and 
        one for the converted fonts. For the first font, Select the FROM file
        and the TO directory (assuming the name is kept the same), Convert
        the file, Select a second FROM file and when you click on the TO 
        gadget the path and name are already set up for you, so simply
        click on the OK gadget of the requester and convert! 
        
        
        To Execute:
        
        This program can run from either the Workbench or the CLI.
        To run from the Workbench simply double click on the program's icon.
        To run from the CLI all you need to do is enter Macf2ibmf at the
        CLI prompt and press Enter (there are no arguments needed).
        
        
        Interface Description:
        
        Once started a window will open on the Workbench screen that contains
        several gadgets. Working clockwise they are: TO, QUIT, ABOUT, CONVERT,
        and FROM. In the middle of the window are four text boxes. Top to 
        bottom they are as follows: From, To, Status, and a Progress Gauge.
        Each gadget has a corresponding menu item and a keyboard equivalent.
        
        What do these gadgets do?
        
        FROM: this gadget will put up the ARP file requester so you can 
              select the Macintosh file you wish to convert.
              The directory you select will be retained so the next time
              the requester is put up it will be where it was when you left.

        TO: this gadget will put up the ARP file requester so you can
            select the destination file (the converted file). The filename
            is preset to the filename from the FROM requester. The directory 
            you select will be retained so the next time the requester is put 
            up it will be where it was when you left.

        CONVERT: this gadget will be disabled until you select a FROM and TO
                 file. When the gadget becomes enabled it will perform the
                 actual conversion. If the TO file exists, a requester will
                 pop up and ask if you want to replace it or not.
                 
        ABOUT: this gadget will put up an About Box containing exciting 
               copyright information.
                
        QUIT: this gadget will quit the program. Likewise the close gadget
              on the window will also quit the program.

          
          
For Your Information:

        This program is compatable with Workbench 1.3 and 2.0.
        
        The interface was designed using the following color scheme:
        grey, black, white, and blue.

        If you are using Mac-2-Dos, you can tell a type 1 font from a type 3
        by looking at the file size on the Mac disk. If it is 0k then the file
        is a type 1. If it is greater than 1k then the file is usually a type
        3 file.
        
        For those of you familiar with the Mac file format I will explain how 
        the program works. The program searches through the Mac file for the
        POST resources. When found the data they contain is copied to the 
        output file. Type 1 files have all the data contained in the
        resource fork. Type 3 files have the data in the data fork. This
        explains the file size difference.