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commit 0197db716e8f1e110a58fc4558a116bc95307935
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 5 08:45:29 2025 -0500
gropdf(1): Update discussion of special fonts.
---
src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man b/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man
index 7a343e400..cb4c0fb4b 100644
--- a/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/gropdf/gropdf.1.man
@@ -679,20 +679,18 @@ ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
.P
Special fonts include
.BR S ,
-the PostScript Symbol font,
-and
+the PostScript Symbol font;
+.BR SS ,
+a subset of
+.B S
+with slanted lowercase Greek letters;
.BR EURO ,
-which offers a Euro glyph for use with old devices lacking it.
-.
-.\" XXX: This is expected to change in groff 1.24.
-Lowercase Greek letters are automatically slanted to match the
-SymbolSlanted font
-.RB ( SS )
-available to
-.MR grops @MAN1EXT@ .
-.
-Zapf Dingbats is available as
-.BR ZD .
+which offers a Euro glyph
+in several styles
+for use with old devices lacking it;
+and
+.BR ZD ,
+Zapf Dingbats.
.
In contrast to
.I grops ,
@@ -707,16 +705,22 @@ since it is defined using the
device extension command
(see below).
.
-Most glyphs in these fonts are unnamed and must be accessed using
-.BR \[rs]N .
+Some glyphs in these fonts are unnamed and must be accessed
+as indexed characters,
+using the
+.B \[rs]N
+escape sequence.
.
+.P
+The fonts corresponding to
.B EURO
-is not a standard PDF font,
-but supplied by
+and
+.B SS
+are unknown to the PDF standard;
.I groff
-and therefore included in the default
-.I download
-file.
+therefore provides their AFM files
+(font metrics)
+and PFA or PFB files to ease their use with other applications.
.
.
.P
@@ -1970,6 +1974,14 @@ build system to locate PostScript Type\~1 fonts.
.
.
.TP
+.I @FONTDIR@/\:\%devpdf/\%StandardSymbolSL.pfb
+supplies the slanted symbol font known to
+.I groff
+as
+.BR SS .
+.
+.
+.TP
.I @FONTDIR@/\:\%devpdf/\:enc/\:\%text\:.enc
describes the encoding scheme used by most PostScript Type\~1 fonts;
the
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