[ft-devel] font file converter

[Mark DeVries]

I am looking for code I can incorporate into my product to convert 
OpenType font files to PostScript Type 1.  These are the main requirements:

- At the very least, this should process OpenType (CFF-flavored, Type 
1 outlines);  OpenType CFF/CID is also important, and OpenType 
(TrueType) would be nice but not required.
- When all is done, I want to have a Type 1 font file (.pfb or .pfa) 
and an AFM, including kerning information.
- This may be run on Windows, Solaris, AIX, or HP-UX -- for now.
- Since we would ship this with each copy of the product, solutions 
that cost hundreds of dollars per system are out of the question.
- We cannot ship alternative development environments with the 
product, so solutions based on Python or Java are not 
acceptable.  That seems to leave (1) compiled tools in C or C++ and 
(2) Perl scripts.  (We *do* ship Perl and ghostscript with the product.)

I have some tools that use Perl and ghostscript to produce an AFM 
from .pfb or .pfa -- but need something to convert the OpenType into 
that format.

Is freetype2 an appropriate tool for the font conversion, or would it 
be overkill for this application?

Thanks in advance,
Mark

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