If you tried to put the Mac font file directly onto Linux, it would destroy the resource fork and therefore destroy the font. Thus, the reason for the BinHexing (which wraps both forks up into one fork). Unfortunately, as Windows and Linux files don't ever have more than one fork, they always destroy a Mac file's resource fork if they come in contact. The actual font information is stored in the resource fork. Mac files often have two parts - the data fork, and the resource fork. The reason why you can use Windows fonts in Linux without dramas is because Windows files only have one part to them - the data fork. Sukarn, there may be a way but I don't know how it would be done. * Apparantly, Fontforge can also work with MacBinary-encoded (.bin) font files. Drag and drop your font from the home directory into there, restart your word processor or The Gimp, and your font will be available! Happy typesetting! Open a root file browser and navigate to /usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1/. You will get a warning about the first 256 characters. Choose "PS Type 1 (binary)" as the type, now save it. hqx file after a short pause Fontforge will open and display it.ħ. Press Alt-F2 and type "fontforge", and press Enter.Ħ. Copy the file to your Ubuntu home directory. If it's a removable drive, unmount it and stick it into your Ubuntu machine.ĥ. hqx file onto a flash drive or some other thing that you can access from within Ubuntu. In BinHex 4.0, you go File > "Application -> Upload" and choose the font and the destination file.Ĥ. Don't use Stuffit Lite - we want the file. The original BinHex program (you can get it from ) works fine on OS 9. On a Macintosh, download a program that will create BixHexes* (if you haven't done so already).
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