non-integer numbers support in afm files

Vladimir Volovich vvv@vvv.vsu.ru
01 Oct 1998 14:15:44 +0400


"AJ" == Alan Jeffrey writes:

 >> Since this syntax is sometimes used (e.g. in paradissa fonts at
 >> ctan), maybe adding such extension to the allowable format of
 >> FontBBox into fontinst would be possible?

 AJ> I'd rather not: parsing correct AFM files is hard enough without
 AJ> having to parse broken ones too... better to preprocess the AFMs
 AJ> so that they're legal.

Okay. If fontinst will accept only strict syntax of afm files, then it
seems very well. I thought that FontBBox format was not that strictly
specified; if it is, then all is Ok.

	Best regards, -- Vladimir.