[NTG-context] Use of standard font engines on Linux

2007-08-11 Thread John R. Culleton
Linux distros have been emphasizing the use of the fonts in fc-cache across applications. TeX always did its own thing, with tfm files, mapping files etc. I note that some of the newer TeX products are using pfb + afm instead of pfb + tfm. Does this presage the availablity of all the

Re: [NTG-context] Use of standard font engines on Linux

2007-08-11 Thread Hans Hagen
John R. Culleton wrote: Linux distros have been emphasizing the use of the fonts in fc-cache across applications. TeX always did its own thing, with tfm files, mapping files etc. I note that some of the newer TeX products are using pfb + afm instead of pfb + tfm. Does this presage the