mac font to pc font conversion..

[kala]

How to convert mac font into pc version..

which software does better conversion ?

regards
Kala

 

[CHM]

The only thing I can say about this is, don't convert fonts just buy the official ones.
For the rest you can find alot via Google: https://www.google.be/search?client...&oe=UTF-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=-vNXUvvpCsmVhQe__oHICg

 

[leonardr]

How to convert mac font into pc version..

Conversion of fonts from one format into another is illegal and violation of the font license.

And given that both Mac and Windows support the same font formats - TTF & OTF - it's completely unnecessary.

 

[Dov Isaacs]

Conversion of fonts from one format into another is illegal and violation of the font license.

And given that both Mac and Windows support the same font formats - TTF & OTF - it's completely unnecessary.

Actually to be more precise, conversion of a font from one format to another depends upon the font vendor and the EULA (End User License Agreement) associated with such fonts. In the case of fonts licensed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, the EULA does permit such conversions per section 14.7.4 which reads as follows:

14.7.4 You may convert and install the font software into another format for use in other environments, subject to the following conditions: A computer on which the converted font software is used or installed will be considered as one of your Permitted Number of Computers. Use of the font software you have converted will be pursuant to all the terms and conditions of this agreement. Such converted font software may be used only for your own customary internal business or personal use and may not be distributed or transferred for any purpose, except in accordance with Section 4.4 of this agreement.

In terms of whether a font needs to be “converted” from one format to another, OpenType fonts are fully cross-platform compatible and no conversions are necessary. At Adobe, we most strongly recommend that our users license any new fonts in the OpenType format for cross-platform compatibility plus the large of number of typographical features and character sets that such fonts often provide.

Windows format TrueType fonts are accepted on MacOS X systems without any problem (Windows TrueType fonts are data fork-based), but resource fork-based MacOS TrueType format fonts are not useable on Windows systems.

Windows format Type 1 fonts are recognized on MacOS X systems only in by Adobe applications; they are not recognized by regular MacOS applications, such as those provided by either Apple or Microsoft. Windows format Type 1 fonts each have a .pfb (PostScript Font Binary) and a .pfm (PostScript Font Metrics) associated with it. MacOS Type 1 fonts are resource fork-based, have both a printer font outline as well as a screen font/metrics file associated with them, and are not usable on Windows systems.

MacOS .dfonts are data fork-based and have no equivalent under Windows, although they are TrueType format.

The original poster probably was referring to either MacOS Type 1 or MacOS TrueType fonts. If that is true, it is probably best to go back to the supplier of the font(s) and get the official Windows version(s), even if the font(s) EULA(s) permit conversions since depending upon the conversion program, the conversion may yield changes in the font outlines and especially the font metrics which could result is layout changes cross-platform.

Note that if you licensed a font from Adobe as part of the Adobe Font Folio, all Type 1 fonts provided on the CD or earlier versions of that product (version 9 and earlier) provided both the MacOS and the Windows Type 1 format files.

- Dov