On Jan 15, 2008 6:25 PM, James Cloos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "Denis" == Denis M Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Denis> 4b. Or keep the TYPE1 file and put name in devps/download > Denis> (big output!). > > Rather than use the type1 file here I'd use a type42 version of the > original ttf font. I'd use ttftotype42(1) from the lcdf typetools at > > http://www.lcdf.org/type/#typetools > > Also, when using otf fonts, you can use cfftot1(1) from that same > package to create a type1 font to pass to afmtodit(1) and to include > in the postscript output. > > (The type42 format is a pfa-like wrapping of a ttf which can be included > in a postscript stream just like a pfa type1 font can.) > > I'd use something like: > > ttf2pt1 -a -e DejaVuSansMono.ttf DejaVuSansMono > ttf2type42 -o DejaVuSansMono.t42 DejaVuSansMono.ttf > > then run afmtodit on the resulting DejaVuSansMono.afm file and finally > I'd add: > > DejaVuSansMono DejaVuSansMono.t42 > > to the download file in the devps directory. > > Hmmm.... > > I see that the grops(1) man page suggests using ttftot42 from: > > ftp://www.giga.or.at/pub/nih/ttftot42/ > > which can generate both the type42 file and the afm in one go. > > -JimC > -- > James Cloos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6 > > > Anyway, direct font support is more favorite than the converted ones, similiar is xelatex vs cjkutf8.
