Re: [Groff] Font Composition

2006-06-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > Of all output formats groff is supporting, only PS has support for > > font-based underlining. > > I am not sure what this implies. If PostScript provides a > font-specific underline, it should be made available in groff devps > fonts, and some simple requests to access those values a

Re: [Groff] Font Composition

2006-06-21 Thread jon arbuckle
Dear list, Thank you for your swift reply, Mr. Lemberg. However, I am not entirely satisfied. Of all output formats groff is supporting, only PS has support for font-based underlining. I am not sure what this implies. If PostScript provides a font-specific underline, it

Re: [Groff] Font Composition

2006-06-17 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> 1) The UnderlinePosition and UnderlineThickness values from the > afm files are discarded by afmtodit. There is nothing > corresponding to the in the groff devps font files. How is > groff then expected to provide proper underlining to text? Of all output formats groff is supporti

[Groff] Font Composition

2006-06-17 Thread jon arbuckle
Dear list, I have been groff-ing for some time now, and have been primarily interested in the mom macro package. However, I have some questions to ask about groff font structure for PostScript output. 1) The UnderlinePosition and UnderlineThickness values from the afm files are discar