Convert PFB/PFM font to OTF on Ubuntu

• install fontforge with Synaptic
• create pfb2otf

#!/usr/bin/fontforge
Open($1);
Reencode("unicode");
Generate($fontname+".otf");
Quit(0);

• create convert

#!/bin/bash

PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
FONTFORGE_LANGUAGE=ff
export PATH FONTFORGE_LANGUAGE

if (test -f $1); then ./pfb2otf $1; fi

• make them executable:

chmod 755 pfb2otf convert

• place them in the same folder as your PFB and PFM font files

• launch the conversion

for i in *.[pP][fF][bB]; do ./convert $i; done

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