Is it possible to convert postcript font to otf/ttf?

I have some ps fonts that are not recogniced by libreoffice. I'd like to convert it to a libreoffice compatible format .ttf/otf so that I can use it. Is it possible to do the conversion?

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The problem with converting Type 1 fonts is they have a limited number of characters and don't support unicode. Many Type 1 fonts have already been converted and extended. Here are a few packages:

fonts-urw-base35
fonts-texgyre
fonts-lmodern

If you would still like to convert the fonts yourself, you can use FontForge.

sudo apt install fontforge

To convert from the command line, you can create the following bash function:

function ffconvert { fontforge -lang=ff -c 'Open($1); Generate($2)' "$1" "$2"
}

Then use it to convert some fonts:

ffconvert example.pfb example.otf

Or call it from a loop:

for f in *.pfb ; do ffconvert "$f" "${f%.pfb}.otf"
done

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