Using TrueType and OpenType fonts

TrueType and OpenType fonts are stored in UNIX files (HFS or zFS files). These fonts can reside in the printer, inline in the print data set, in user path libraries, or in system font path libraries. TrueType and OpenType fonts are referenced in the print data set by using the Map Data Resource (MDR) structured field. PSF only supports TrueType and OpenType fonts on printers that support Unicode. See your printer documentation to determine whether your printer supports Unicode.

To use TrueType and OpenType fonts with PSF, you or the system administrator must perform these steps:

1. If you are using PSF with z/OS® V1R13 or earlier, do these steps:
   1. Install IBM®’s WorldType Fonts for AFP Print Servers optional feature of Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms (Program Number 5648-E77) or a TrueType and OpenType font package from a company such as Agfa, Monotype, or Linotype. See IBM Infoprint Fonts: Font Summary, G544-5846 for more information about Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms.
   2. Use a resource installer program, such as the Font Installer for AFP Systems (an optional feature of Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms) or the InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer (Program Number 5639-EE2), to install and build resource access tables (RATs) for the TrueType and OpenType fonts from Step 1a and install the fonts in path libraries. The resource installer program can also enable fonts for capture and link fonts. Be sure the resource installer is set up with the correct permissions to access the path libraries.
      Attention: PSF can successfully process RATs that are created with either the Font Installer for AFP Systems or the InfoPrint AFP Resource Installer. However, a RAT created with the Font Installer for AFP Systems is not compatible with a RAT created with the AFP Resource Installer. Though the AFP Resource Installer can process a RAT created with the Font Installer for AFP Systems and migrate it into the new format, the opposite is not true. When the Font Installer for AFP Systems processes a RAT created with the AFP Resource Installer, it might lose the RAT information or an error might occur. Therefore, IBM recommends that you do not use the Font Installer for AFP Systems after you create a RAT with the AFP Resource Installer.
   Note:

   If you are using PSF with z/OS V2R1, a resource installer program is not necessary because the z/OS Font Collection contains prebuilt RATs for TrueType and OpenType fonts that are installed during the z/OS V2R1 installation. For more information about the z/OS Font Collection, see z/OS Font Collection.
2. Identify the path libraries where the fonts are found:
   • Identify the system font path libraries in the PSF startup procedure with the FONTPATH parameter on the PRINTDEV statement. See PSF for z/OS: Customization.
   • Identify user path libraries with the USERPATH parameter on the OUTPUT JCL statement. See USERPATH.
3. Use z/OS UNIX System Services to set access permissions to the directories and files in the user path and font path libraries. PSF must have read permissions set for each path directory and file it is accessing. If the permissions for each directory or file are not set correctly, PSF cannot access the path library. For more information about z/OS UNIX System Services, see z/OS UNIX System Services Command Reference.

For more information about TrueType and OpenType fonts, see Using OpenType Fonts in an AFP System, G544-5876.