Other PostScript Modules
There are several other modules dealing with PostScript that we don’t cover in this book:
The Font::AFM module, by Gisle Aas, provides the basic routines for parsing Adobe’s Font Metrics file format.
http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Font::AFM. The PostScript::FontMetrics module, by Johan Vromans, provides a robust interface for querying fonts for metric information.
http://search.cpan.org/search?module=PostScript::FontMetrics The PostScript::PrinterFontMetrics module allows you to query Printer Font Metrics (PFM).
http://search.cpan.org/search?module=PostScript::PrinterFontMetrics The PostScript::BasicTypesetter module, also by Johan Vromans, has similar functionality to the modules described in this chapter, but provides a more procedural interface.
http://search.cpan.org/search?module=PostScript::BasicTypesetter
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