At 02:37 PM 1/20/2002 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> > I understand that ConTeXt is geared towards texnansi encoding
> > by default, but I really don't want to install hundreds of extra tfms
> > and map files if that can somehow be avoided.
>
>The new font handling is an attempt to overcome serious shortcomings
>of the original plain TeX design. The texfont utility should make
>it easy to generate all the required files.
>
>It does seem that the sheer number of font-related files used by TeX
>has gotten way out of hand, in part because many utilities needs their
>own unique formats (e.g., xdvi, xpdf/t1lib, pdftex, etc.), so we are
>forced to rely on tools (updmap, texfont) to maintain them all.
>
>--
>George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bedford Institute of Oceanography
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