converting fnt to ttf ... possible?

[Running_on_Wheel]

Just a little background. We do all of our major printing on XEROX 4135 printers. We use FNT fonts on these printers. We have a PC application that we use to create forms. The PC application interfaces with Microsoft Word to allow us to create the form. Once the form is created, the application allows us to output it in metacode format so it can be printed on the XEROX printers.

When creating the forms using this PC application, we must be able to create the form using the fonts we have available on the XEROX printers. If the application were capable of using the FNT fonts on the XEROX machine, that would be great. But, of course, it can't. It requires that the fonts be in TTF format. Hence, our need to have all of our FNT fonts that reside on the XEROX printer converted to TTF format.

One important point to keep in mind: it is most important that the TTF version of the font have the EXACT SAME METRICS as its corresponding FNT font. Otherwise, we'll end up with gaps and overlapping characters in our forms when they print on the XEROX printers. So, we need a 1-to-1 correspondence of the fonts (i.e., for every FNT font there will be a TTF font).


thanks in advance!!

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[prashe]

How abt renaming .fnt files to .ttf ...if u cant do this directly..go to folder options..view..uncheck hide extensions of known file types ..and then change the .fnt file to .ttf ...
Prashe...

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[Running_on_Wheel]

i wish it was that easy ...
ive already tried renaming to most common graphical extensions ... bmp, ttf, fon, jpg, gif
also ive tried dragging that into illustrator, photoshop, photoimpact, paint

the only thing that will open then is interdev c++ and then all it does is give me a hex code for the file

thanks tho

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[jdc2000]

You need a font conversion service or software for this. Check out the following links:
http://www.azion.com/ http://www.a2zeds.com/

Or, try a search at http://www.google.com for 'Xerox font conversion'.

[Running_on_Wheel]

it is the service that i am trying to steer clear of ...

ill keep looking ... as far as doing a search for those keywords ... done that ... found 2 c programs ... now all i need is a c programmer!

thanks for your responses

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[jdc2000]

The http://www.azion.com/ link has WinFont - a program to convert the fonts. A free download is available. I'm not sure if it will do what you need, but you could check it out at no cost.

[Running_on_Wheel]

thanks ...

ill give this one a try!

gracias mucho

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