Re: Latin Modern and cm-super in Debian [was: LilyPond 2.3.0 released]

2004-04-25 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Florent Rougon writes: Hi Florent, > I'm the Debian maintainer of the lmodern package, which contains the > Latin Modern fonts. I found this thread via a little bit of googling. I can imagine. The fonts thread was quite blunt and explicit, in places. > I don't have much to add to what Werner a

Latin Modern and cm-super in Debian [was: LilyPond 2.3.0 released]

2004-04-24 Thread Florent Rougon
Hi, I'm the Debian maintainer of the lmodern package, which contains the Latin Modern fonts. I found this thread via a little bit of googling. I am *not* subscribed to this list. Please Cc me if you expect any reply from me. I don't have much to add to what Werner already explained. Only that:

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-15 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > It is a semi-automated process. > > Perhaps, but then the word "*generated* using > MetaType1" is not entirely accurate. This is correct. The generated outlines have to be post-processed. Werner ___ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-14 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The Debian maintainer disagrees, he claims lmodern is (usually > > considered to be) better: > > This is correct, basically. But lmodern is `more' work in progress > than cm-super -- it doesn't contain Cyrillic glyphs yet. Besides > this, the quality and hinting

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-14 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> The Debian maintainer disagrees, he claims lmodern is (usually > considered to be) better: This is correct, basically. But lmodern is `more' work in progress than cm-super -- it doesn't contain Cyrillic glyphs yet. Besides this, the quality and hinting is *excellent*. > The Latin Modern

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-14 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Werner LEMBERG writes: > Uh, oh, lmodern is a different project! You should definitely use > cm-super The Debian maintainer disagrees, he claims lmodern is (usually considered to be ) better: $ apt-cache show lmodern Package: lmodern Priority: optional Section: tex Installed

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-14 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Tonight, I looked at lmodern (that's what apt-cache says when looking > for cm-super) and tried to hook in into LilyPond, replacing the ec* > fonts. Uh, oh, lmodern is a different project! You should definitely use cm-super, this is, selecting a single instance, say, sfrm1000.pfb, sfss1000.pfb

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-13 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Mats Bengtsson writes: > Why reinvent the wheel? There are already several sets of > Type1 font files for the EC fonts available at CTAN. In particular, > I recommend the cm-super fonts, /fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/. Tonight, I looked at lmodern (that's what apt-cache says when looking for cm-super)

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-13 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Mats Bengtsson writes: > Why reinvent the wheel? There are already several sets of > Type1 font files for the EC fonts available at CTAN. In particular, > I recommend the cm-super fonts, /fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/. We're newbies in this area. We were puzzled as to why the ec fonts were not in Deb

Re: LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-13 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: This release marks the end of an era for me. For the past years I've hacked on LilyPond during my (PhD)study and unemployment. Tomorrow, I will start a regular job as logistics consultant, which means that from now on I won't be able to fix LilyPond bugs within the hour. C

LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-12 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > This release marks the end of an era for me. For the past years I've > > hacked on LilyPond during my (PhD)study and unemployment. Tomorrow, I > > will start a regular job as logistics consultant, which means that > > from now on I won't be able to fix LilyPond bugs wi

LilyPond 2.3.0 released

2004-04-12 Thread Pedro Kroger
> This release marks the end of an era for me. For the past years I've > hacked on LilyPond during my (PhD)study and unemployment. Tomorrow, I > will start a regular job as logistics consultant, which means that > from now on I won't be able to fix LilyPond bugs within the hour. Congratulations on