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commit 3ea43268bbb2c56f217c37e318d70d045f91402f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Apr 20 11:11:51 2024 -0500
afmtodit(1): Clarify use of special fonts.
...prompted by discussion with Alex Colomar on the groff list.
---
src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.1.man | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.1.man
b/src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.1.man
index 11341c191..d436f7fdb 100644
--- a/src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.1.man
+++ b/src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.1.man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PostScript and PDF output
.\" Legal Terms
.\" ====================================================================
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
@@ -277,15 +277,20 @@ meaning that
.I groff
should search it whenever a glyph is not found in the current font.
.
-In that case,
+To enable this search,
.I font-description-file
-should be listed as an argument to the
+can be listed as an argument to the
.B fonts
directive in the output device's
.I DESC
file;
-if it is not special,
-there is no need to do so,
+alternatively,
+a document can designate it with the
+.B \%special
+request.
+.
+If the font is not special,
+there is no need to do either,
since
.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@
will automatically mount it when it is first used.
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