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Re: fontinst TS1.etx
- To: KNAPPEN@ALPHA.NTP.SPRINGER.DE
- Subject: Re: fontinst TS1.etx
- From: Ulrik Vieth <vieth@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:20:29 +0200
- CC: s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk
- In-reply-to: <01IY5B7SXVAQ00009V@ALPHA.NTP.SPRINGER.DE> (message from JoergKnappen on Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:46:55 +0000 (CE))
> Ulrik asked:
>> Joerg:
>> Could you have a look at the documenation to see if the description
>> really matches the intended purpose of the glyphs?
>> \setslot{captialgrave}
> spelling: it should read `capitalgrave'. The same for the other slots.
Yes, I noticed that and fixed it already in my ts1.etx and
textcomp.mtx. I also added some glyph fakery to texcomp.mtx,
in particular
centigrade := degree + C
bardbl := bar + bar (partially overlapping)
openbracket := bracket + bracket (partially overlapping)
twelveudash := endash + enddash (partially overlapping)
threequatersemdash (as abvove, unless it is available for real)
> [capitalcompwordmark]
>> \comment{An invisible glyph, with zero width, depth and height.
>> It is used to stop ligaturing in words like `shelf{}ful'.}
> It has (and should have in all virtual fonts) capital height, zero
> width and zero depth. It can carry accents to be placed between two
> capital letters.
> The comment about ligature stopping is all right.
The comment was copied straight from t1.etx. In the latter case,
it should probably mention x-height.
> [comma,period]
> Those two are ín' in order to make it easier to typeset oldstyle
> decimal numbers just by switching the font encoding to TS1. No
> macros are needed to access them.
I see. This means we could even have kern pairs between oldstyle
figures and punctuation, if they existed.
> [colonmonetary]
>> \comment{The monetary colon `\textcolonmonetary', similar to
>> a capital `C' with a vertical bar through the middle.}
> better wording: The colon currency sign `\textcolonmonetary',
> similar to
> (Remark: Colon, Named after Crisotbal Colon (Columbus) is the
> currency of Panama)
Thanks for the explanation. Incidently, Adobe expert fonts do
provide this character (as well dollaroldstyle and centoldstyle).
> [peso]
>> \comment{The peso currency sign `\textpeso', similar to
>> a capital `P' with a horizontal bar below the bowl.}
> In some fonts, the stroke is drawn through the bowl. This is
> essentially the same symbol.
In URW expert fonts, I have three variants of `peseta'. The first
two are like `Pt' or `Ptas' and the last one has horizontal bar.
Is that the same symbol?
> [pilcrow]
>> a paragraph mark `\textparagraph' with a narrow stem.}
> a paragraph mark `\textparagraph' with a single stem.}
OK. However, a paragraph mark doesn't always have two stems.
By that logic, some paragraph marks are actually pilcrows.
Thanks for your clarification.
Cheers, Ulrik.