Using TrueType, OpenType, and WoldType fonts

TrueType, OpenType, and WorldType 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 directories, or in system font path directories. TrueType, OpenType, and WorldType fonts are referenced in the print data set by using the Map Data Resource (MDR) structured field.

To use TrueType, OpenType, and WorldType fonts with a transform, you or the system administrator must perform 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, OpenType, and WorldType 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, OpenType, and WorldType fonts from step 1 and install the fonts in path directories (linked fonts are not supported). Be sure the resource installer is set up with the correct permissions to access the path directories.
   Attention: The transform 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 have created a RAT with the AFP Resource Installer.
3. Identify the path directories where the fonts are found:
   • Identify the resource font path directories in the transform configuration file with the AOP_FONTPATH environment variable.
   • Identify user path directories with the USERPATH parameter on the OUTPUT JCL statement. See the USERPATH parameter in topic ***.
4. Use z/OS® UNIX System Services to set access permissions to the directories and files in the user path and font path directories. The transform 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, the transform cannot access the path directories. 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.