[Tugindia] tugindia Digest, Vol 147, Issue 5

[S. venkataraman]

The way I understand it, one can use type 1 fonts in xelatex, but we will
need the map files and all the other files. I have used type 1 fonts in
xelatex, but all the necessary files are available for the fonts I used.
Best,
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> The font package that comes with Malayalam/Tamal Omega/Aleph bundles, as
> well
> ass ILDC, CDAC, are Type 1 Postscript fonts with .pfb extension.  Hence the
> need for map files and updmap command, etc.  XeTeX/XeLaTeX uses the fonts
> already installed in the Operating system (.ttf or orf), so no need for Map
> files.
> I am wondering whether Type 1 .pfb fonts could be used in XeTeX/XeLaTeX
> also,
> and if so, what is the procedure to use them.
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