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Re: Problem with \installfont in fontinst 1.8
- To: Ulrik Vieth <vieth@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de>
- Subject: Re: Problem with \installfont in fontinst 1.8
- From: Hilmar Schlegel <hshlgaii@mailszrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:07:32 -0400
- Organization: http://home.pages.de/~typopages/
- References: <199807141557.RAA24599@attila.uni-duesseldorf.de>
- Reply-To: Hilmar Schlegel <hshlgaii@mailszrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de>
Ulrik Vieth wrote:
>
> > Ulrik Vieth wrote:
> >> Does it contain cmr10.pl and cmmi10.pl? Probably not, I guess.
> >>
> >> (Alan's fontinst-1.335 came with a directory full of .pl files for
> >> standard fonts, but I omitted that because they can be generated
> >> whenever you need them.)
>
> > It is however quite tedious to regenerate pl files from, say TFM. For
> > example the font parameters are not given the required names...
>
> What's the problem?
>
> $ tftopl cmr10
>
> (FAMILY CMR)
> (FACE O 352)
> (CODINGSCHEME TEX TEXT)
The TFM has "TeX text" as far as I remember...
What about EC fonts?
> As far as I can see, the codingscheme and the fontdimen parameters
> are given proper names (at least for cmr, cmmi, cmsy and cmex).
Fine then...
> > It would be more reliable to have the original PL at hand (also with
> > matching encoding strings) for all the standard fonts.
>
> Sure, it might be more convenient and/or more reliable, but it's
> not something essential that cannot be achieved by any other means.
>
> I still maintain the point that its the duty of indvidual fontinst
> applications to generate or provide all the required .pl files.
>From some location on CTAN I'd suggest.
Hilmar Schlegel
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