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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),
       fixmacps(1),   fixpsditps(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