---
name: "t1unmac"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "t1utils"
version: "1.42-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/t1unmac"
---

# t1unmac(1)

translate a Mac PostScript Type 1 font into PFA or PFB format

## NAME

t1unmac - translate a Mac PostScript Type 1 font into PFA or PFB format

## SYNOPSIS

**t1unmac** \[**-a**\|**-b**\] \[**-r**\] \[*input* \[*output*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**t1unmac** extracts POST resources from a Macintosh PostScript font file and creates a PFA (hexadecimal) or PFB (binary) font file. The file *input* should be in MacBinary I or II, AppleSingle, AppleDouble, or BinHex format, or it can be a raw resource fork. If the file is a raw resource fork, you need to give the \`--raw' option; otherwise **t1unmac** should automatically figure out what kind of file you have. If the file *output* is not specified output goes to the standard output.

## OPTIONS

- **--pfa**, **-a**

  Output in PFA (ASCII) format.

- **--pfb**, **-b**

  Output in PFB (binary) format. This is the default.

- **--raw**, **-r**

  Indicates that the input is a raw resource fork.

- **--macbinary**

  Indicates that the input is in MacBinary I or II format.

- **--applesingle**

  Indicates that the input is in AppleSingle format.

- **--appledouble**

  Indicates that the input is in AppleDouble format.

- **--binhex**

  Indicates that the input is in BinHex 4.0 format.

- **--block-length=***num,* **-l** *num*

  PFB only: Set the maximum output block length to *num.* The default length is as large as memory allows.

- **--line-length=***num,* **-l** *num*

  PFA only: Set the maximum length of encrypted lines in the output to *num.* (These are the lines consisting wholly of hexadecimal digits.) The default is 64.

## EXAMPLES

On Mac OS X, you can use **t1unmac** to translate a font into PFA or PFB format as follows:

```
% t1unmac --raw FONTFILENAME/..namedfork/rsrc > OUTPUT
```

## SEE ALSO

[**t1mac**(1)](/t1mac/1.md), [**t1ascii**(1)](/t1ascii/1.md), [**t1binary**(1)](/t1binary/1.md), [**t1asm**(1)](/t1asm/1.md), [**t1disasm**(1)](/t1disasm/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Lee Hetherington (ilh@lcs.mit.edu)\
 Eddie Kohler (ekohler@gmail.com)

Ported to Microsoft C/C++ Compiler and MS-DOS operating system by Kai-Uwe Herbing (herbing@netmbx.netmbx.de).