True Type fonts, contained in single-font files or in font suitcases, are copied to the PC in individual TTF files. Transferring Macintosh True Type Fonts to the PC ttf files, which are plain copies of fonts as used on the PC. dfont fonts don't have a signature, as the. MacDisk will check and display an error message if it can't find a font in the file. If you get a file whose signature is 'FFIL', this is a font suitcase, containing several display fonts or several True Type fonts. There is also a display font whose signature is 'ffil'. The signature of Macintosh True Type fonts is 'tfil'. The binary file of Postscript fonts (corresponding to the PFB file on the PC) is identified by the signature 'LWFN'. Anyway, don't negate the rights of the persons or companies who created the fonts you want to use on your computer. We don't know all possible configurations. In some others, only their names can be trademarked. In some countries, fonts are protected as computer programs (what they are, in a certain sense). Please read your license agreement before proceeding. You have to respect the rights of the authors and distributors (they may vary, depending on the country you live in). It goes without saying (or maybe we should say it anyway) that the technical feasibility doesn't mean that you are allowed to do it. The information we give you on this page is aimed at using a Macintosh font on a PC or a PC font on a Macintosh. Transferring fonts between Macintosh and PC must be done using real Macintosh media (HFS volumes) or "Macintosh-like" media (MS-DOS volumes handled by File Exchange on a Macintosh, NTFS volumes handled on a NT Server with SFM, ISO 9660 CD-ROM with Apple Extensions). When files are transferred through a network, or by email, you often get therefore an empty file, the data fork. Secondly, on the Macintosh, fonts are stored in the resource fork of the file. This means that some kind of conversion must occur. First, the file format is not exactly the same (in particular for T1 fonts). Transferring fonts between Macintosh and PC rises two kind of problems. If you are migrating, you may also want to preserve your investments in fonts. The most common situation for transferring a font from a platform to the other is when a customer ordered a special font, which was only delivered for the PC (or the Mac). When it detects that you are copying a font file (in both directions), it asks whether you want to convert the file or to do a raw copy. From version 4, our Macdisk offers certain features which may help you transferring font files betsween Macintosh and PC.
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