EOT fonts in MHP

Question

I'm not sure if MHP can support .eot (Embedding Open Type). I'm trying but I receive a "Font Not Available Exception" and a null pointer excepcion because the font variable "arial" is null.
This is the dvb.fontindex:
<?xml version=?1.0??>
<!DOCTYPE fontdirectory PUBLIC "-//DVB//DTD Font Directory 1.0//EN" "http://www.opencable.com/ocap/dtd/fontdirectory-1-0.dtd">
<fontdirectory>
     <font>
          <name>"ARIAL2"</name>
          <filename>ARIAL2.eot</filename>
          <fontformat>EOT</fontformat>
                <style>PLAIN</style>
     </font>
</fontdirectory>and this is the code:
try{
            fontbox = new FontFactory();       
}catch(FontFormatException fontFormatException) { }
catch (IOException ioException) { }
try{
            arial = fontbox.createFont("ARIAL2.eot",java.awt.Font.PLAIN,24);
}catch(FontFormatException fontFormatException2){ }
  catch(FontNotAvailableException fontNotAvailableException){ }
  catch (IOException ioException2) { }
  text = new HTextButton("Hello", arial, Color.white, null, manager);

Answer 1

...Only truetype versions can be used, not postscript...
There are several utilities out there that will convert a Postscript Type 1 face into TrueType. This is what I do when I absolutely need a Postscript font in FCP or DVDSP.
I use an old copy of FontMonger in OS 9, but I'm sure you can find a more modern font conversion util with a little research.
Font management becomes a little challenging, but I have a special set in Fontbook named "TV Fonts" that I put all my TT duplicates into.
Then I only need to remember to turn them on and off as I go back and forth between "TV World" and "Graphic Design World."
No good util available for that, I'm afraid. Big orange post-it note on the corner of my monitor helps, though.
Oh yeah, make sure that neither FCP nor DVDSP is running when you add a new TT face. Actually, after you activate a new TT face in Font Book, I find it is a good Idea to restart or Logout/Login before attempting to use it in FCP or DVDSP.