At 08:13 AM 1/27/2002 -0600, Bill McClain wrote:
>I've just started experimenting with truetype files. pdftexman.pdf shows
>that they can be referenced in a map file just like type1 fonts, using
>xxx.ttf for the outline file name instead of xxx.pfb. You have to
>generate a tfm file, of course. This works, but the letter spacing is
>wrong for the samples I've tried, so I need to investigate more.
there is ttf2afm but i'm not sure how complete the afm's will be
>There has been talk of a FAQ recently. Somewhat presumptuously, I am
>workining on a context/pdftex help page, which will serve merely to help
>beginners like me over some of the problems I have encountered while
>learning tex and context. Font definition and selection will be a big
>section.
sounds good
Hans
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