Re: Adobe Type 1 Multiple Master fonts

2002-02-25 Thread David Wood
 No, I don't think so. The Multiple Master Font Extensions have not been
 implemented, yet.

Hmm. I have to assume PDF is capable of carrying both the PFB and the MMM;
So let me guess: assuming the weight-axis data is in the MMM file, FOP
needs to revise it's PFMReader to extrapolate metrics for boldness based
on other PFMs and the MMM file, and it needs to revise its method for
embedding fonts to be able to include both PFB and MMM data?

I dunno, it's very late my time, so forgive me if I'm way off the mark.
:)

I wonder how hard that would be to do...

-David



Re: Adobe Type 1 Multiple Master fonts

2002-02-25 Thread Jeremias Maerki
  No, I don't think so. The Multiple Master Font Extensions have not been
  implemented, yet.
 
 Hmm. I have to assume PDF is capable of carrying both the PFB and the MMM;
 So let me guess: assuming the weight-axis data is in the MMM file, FOP
 needs to revise it's PFMReader to extrapolate metrics for boldness based
 on other PFMs and the MMM file, and it needs to revise its method for
 embedding fonts to be able to include both PFB and MMM data?
 
 I dunno, it's very late my time, so forgive me if I'm way off the mark.
 :)

You're on the right way! If you really want to dive into it, here are
some pointers:
Font specs from Adobe:
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/technotes/fonts.html

Multiple Master Font Extensions are described in:
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/pdfs/tn/5015.Type1_Supp.pdf

 I wonder how hard that would be to do...

I'm not sure. I haven't looked at Multiple Master, yet. Good luck.

Cheers,
Jeremias Märki

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