Stefan Wachter said this at Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:38:02 +0100:
>I am on the burdensome path to understanding font handling in ConText.
>Now I wonder what the consequences are with choosing certain encodings.
I'll give an answer based on what I understand. Mind you, I'm lucky
enough to write almost exclusively in English, where it's not an issue.
>For example if I choose "8a" encoding (called "Adobe standard encoding"):
Okay, as far as I know, ConTeXt doesn't have an 8a/Adobe encoding vector
defined yet.
>1. There are lots of empty slots in this encoding. What does ConText do
>if a symbol that is to be typeset is not contained in an encoding?
It falls back to the enco-def encoding, where it substitutes or composes
a character from known (or expected) defaults.
>2. Can I ommit the 8a encoding in map files when PDF documents are
>generated (because it is the Adobe standard encoding)?
Dunno. But it's worth finding out! :)
>3. Somewhere I read that "texnansi" is a preferred encoding. Why?
I think it's got the most useful (to Hans) glyphs packed in there.
There's the secondary fact that the built-in fonts shipped with most
distributions don't include it, and Hans seems to view most pre-
fabricated TFM files with some suspicion. If you build a local TFM file
with texfont, then you know what you're getting!
But that's only my interpretation.
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