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Re: Behaviour of \latinfamily
- To: Alan Jeffrey <ajeffrey@cs.depaul.edu>
- Subject: Re: Behaviour of \latinfamily
- From: Rebecca and Rowland <rebecca@astrid.u-net.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 02:14:27 +0100
- Cc: Alan Jeffrey <ajeffrey@lance.cs.depaul.edu>, fontinst@cogs.susx.ac.uk
- In-Reply-To: <3572D57A.2F7E1F79@cs.depaul.edu>
- References: <l03130302b190604cd64b@[194.119.133.41]> <l03130305b18ff73776d2@[194.119.133.37]> <199805260956.LAA18591@attila.uni-duesseldorf.de> <l03130302b190604cd64b@[194.119.133.41]> <l03130301b191fda5938e@[194.119.133.49]> <l03130300b194066ec791@[194.119.133.41]><l03130301b1952a74a299@[194.119.133.2]>
At 11:23 am -0500 1/6/98, Alan Jeffrey wrote:
>> Isn't it just? Thanks for this. One question: I take it that the
>> \latex_family parameter is what's used to build the fd file, so this
>> example will produce an fd file called OT1ptmx.fd (or T1ptmx.fd)? What job
>> to \font_variant and \raw_variant do?
>
>\font_variant and \raw_variant give the `variant' in two forms: one
>which ends up in the final font names, and one for searching for AFM
>files. For example the `x' variant ends up in the font names generated
>(eg ptmrx8t) but not in the font names searched for (eg ptmr8r and
>ptmr8x). But for weirdo variants like `Sans Serif' the variant ends up
>in both (eg ptmrs8t and ptmrs8r if such a thing existed).
Right - I think. I take it that `raw variant' is used for the source file
searching, and `font variant' is used for the output file name?
Thanks again,
Rowland.