[EXT] PFA format not usable with XeTeX

[Philip Taylor (RHBNC)]

On 28/11/2022 09:36, Enrico Gregorio wrote:

At least one font, namely pigpen, can't be used with XeTeX, because its
Type1 version is stored as a PFA file.

As reported in the Stack Exchange thread, the following works fine —

\input pigpen
\mypigpenfont
HELLO WORLD
\bye

This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999994 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=xetex)

restricted \write18 enabled.

entering extended mode

(./untitled-1.tex (c:/TeX/Live/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pigpen/pigpen.tex)

[1] )

Output written on untitled-1.pdf (1 page).

SyncTeX written on untitled-1.synctex.gz.


Transcript written on untitled-1.log.


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