The afp2pdf transform files supplied for mapping fonts

The next table lists the afp2pdf transform font support files and the subdirectories in which they are installed.

afp2pdf font support files

File File Name Subdirectory Description
Coded Font File icoded.fnt

coded.fnt

 FONT Specifies which AFP code page and AFP font character set make up the coded font.
Character Set Definition File csdef.fnt FONT Defines AFP character set attributes, such as point size. It also maps the font character set to the font global identifier.
Code Page Definition File cpdef.fnt FONT Maps each AFP code page to a browser character set and indicates which Code Page Map File to use for the afp2pdf transform.
Code Page Map File ibm-CPID.cnv CNV The .CNV files for ICU UCONV are used for character conversion.
Alias File alias.fnt FONT Maps the font type families to an associated font metric file; also maps the font family type to be used during the transform.
Font Metric Information File fontname.AFM FONT then AFM Contains the font metric information, which is the dimension of each of the characters.
    Note:
  • coded.fnt is optional and is meant to contain coded fonts you have created.
  • Character set is similar to the AFP term code page.

In this section:

  1. Coded Font File
    The IBM Coded Font File maps AFP coded fonts to their AFP character sets and AFP code pages. Use these two Coded Font Files with the afp2pdf transform:
  2. Character Set Definition File
    The Character Set Definition File (csdef.fnt) specifies the character set attributes and font global identifier of the font. It is split into two sections: one for the character sets (CHARSET) and one for the global identifier (FGID).
  3. CHARSET Section
    This example shows an example of the CHARSET section in the csdef.fnt file:
  4. FGID Section
    The next figure shows an example of the FGID section in the csdef.fnt file.
  5. Code Page Definition File
    The Code Page Definition File maps the IBM AFP code page name to its code page global identifier (CPGID) and to a browser character set.
  6. Code Page Map File
    To add a new code page to the ICU UCONV, you need to obtain or create a source mapping data file, which has a file extension of .ucm, corresponding to the desired code page.
  7. Alias File
    The Alias File (alias.fnt lists the font metric file name and the font family name aliases in the FONT section. Font family name aliases let you change all of the requested instances of a font family name (as defined in the Character Set Definition File) to another font family name.
  8. Mapping your fonts to the afp2pdf transform
    After determining which font files you need to modify, use these steps to map your fonts:
Parent topic: Mapping AFP fonts