Hi, On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 19:54 +0200, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: > > Why should I use otfinstall instead of texfont, besides the fact that > > texfont doesn't work? > > Do you really need another reason? Have you tried otfinst? The point > of all these scripts is to make your life easier in generating metrics, > auxiliary fonts and map files; if you tear yourself with questions > before trying them much of their interest is lost on you.
You're right. I'm just a curious person. I considerd texfont to be an 'official' tool, and I'd like to learn/stick to official stuff whenever possible (at least as long as that doesn't involve me losing my sanity). > > > Is texfont incomplete? > > I have no idea; but at any rate it belongs to a clearly “older” > generation of scripts. The latest available version has > “version=2004.02.06” in the documentation part, and even without that > you can spot it quite easily since it belongs to Hans' Perl period ;-) I didn't know Hans' had a Perl period... I guess that period has passed now... 2004 has been a while... > > > > Or am I doing something > > wrong? > > Probably not. > > > What are the advantages/downsides of both? > > Why don't you try it for yourself? I'll give otfinstall a shot tomorrow. Thanks for the reply, Pascal de Bruijn -- http://blog.pcode.nl/ http://www.linkselente.nl/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
