[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 is *excellent*. > > > The Latin Modern fonts were generated using MetaType1, a > > program based on MetaPost for generating PostScript Type 1 > > fonts (ftp://bop.eps.gda.pl/pub/metatype1/). Their size is > > reasonable and they are usually considered to be of good > > quality (compared to cm-super, for instance). > > Yep. > > > However, Han-Wen asserts that CM-like font generation using (modified) > > metapost is 1. next to impossible, > > Han-Wen is wrong :-) > > > 2. higly improbable and > > It is a semi-automated process.
Perhaps, but then the word "*generated* using MetaType1" is not entirely accurate. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
