The supplier is the source of a font, typically a (digital) type foundry.
You should use the supplier letter which matches the supplier you
obtained the font from, not the original source; for example, Avant
Garde was designed by Herb Lubalin for ITC, but Adobe also sells it.
The name of the font that you get from Adobe should start with p.
This is because font resellers typically make modifications to the
original design.
Notes on specific suppliers:
f
r
r. (The right thing to do is specify the
correct encoding, variant, or whatever the font's characteristics
actually are.)
z
z
should be followed by the real supplier letter.
Here is the table from the file supplier.map. It is organized
alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation,
directory name, and comment.
0 fontfont FontFont
5 softmake Softmaker
9 unknown
a autologi Autologic
b bitstrea Bitstream
c cg Compugraphic
d dtc Digital Typeface Corporation
e apple Apple
f public small foundries
g gnu Free Software Foundation
h bh Bigelow & Holmes
i itc International Typeface Corporation
j microsft Microsoft
k softkey SoftKey
l linotype Linotype
m monotype Monotype
n ibm IBM
o corel Corel
p adobe Adobe (p for PostScript)
r - raw (for [obsolete] use with virtual fonts)
s sun Storm Type
t paragrap ParaGraph
u urw URW
w wolfram Wolfram
z - bizarre (fontname is nonstandard)
- autofont Eddie Kohler's autofont program
- jknappen Joerg Knappen
- mnm Hong Feng, free software in China
- yandy Y&Y