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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+This directory contains version 0.9 of the HP LaserJet built in font metrics.
+They were derived directly from the metric information provided by HP in the
+LaserJet IV Developers Kit.
+
+In general, the name of a font metric file in this distribution has the
+form:
+
+ xxx99Uyy.pl
+
+Where "xxx" is an abbreviation for the typeface, "99U" is the HP
+symbol set of the metrics, and "yy" is the size of the font (this is only
+specified for fixed-sized fonts). Built in fonts must be selected by symbol
+set, so VF files should be build to remap the characters. The LJ4's
+user-defined symbol set feature is not supported.
+
+When HP released the LJ4 metrics, they included a set of LJ3 metrics that
+where different from the LJ3 metrics distributed earlier. The metrics used
+in this release are from the files that HP suggests for LJ3 and LJ4 printers.
+Note that LJ4 printers include all of the LJ3 fonts, so both sets must be
+retrieved to use all the fonts.
+
+In an effort to make the distribution more understandable, metrics are
+divided into LJ3 and LJ4 subdirectories and within each of those directories,
+a directory exists for each typeface. At the lowest level, the archives
+have names of the form
+
+ nXXX-YY.zip
+
+Where "n" is either 3 or 4 (for LJ3 or LJ4), "XXX" is a typeface abbreviation,
+and "YY" is either "pl" or "tfm" indicating what sort of files are in the
+archive. The typeface abbreviations are:
+
+Abbr. Typeface
+----- ---------------------
+ale Albertus Extrabold
+alr Albertus
+anb Antique Olive Bold
+ani Antique Olive Italic
+anr Antique Olive
+arb Arial Bold (TT)
+ari Arial Italic (TT)
+arj Arial Bold Italic (TT)
+arr Arial (TT)
+clc Clarendon Condensed
+cor Coronet
+crb Courier Bold
+cri Courier Italic
+crj Courier Bold Italic
+crr Courier
+gra Garamond Antiqua
+grh Garamond Halbfett
+grk Garamond Kursiv
+grl Garamond Kursiv Halbfett
+lgb Letter Gothic Bold
+lgi Letter Gothic Italic
+lgr Letter Gothic
+lpr Line Printer
+mrr Marigold
+omb Omega Bold
+omi Omega Italic
+omj Omega Bold Italic
+omr Omega
+sym Symbol (TT)
+tnb Times New Roman Bold (TT)
+tni Times New Roman Italic (TT)
+tnj Times New Roman Bold Italic (TT)
+tnr Times New Roman (TT)
+trb CG Times Bold
+tri CG Times Italic
+trj CG Times Bold Italic
+trr CG Times
+ucb Univers Condensed Bold
+uci Univers Condensed Italic
+ucj Univers Condensed Bold Italic
+ucr Univers Condensed
+unb Univers Bold
+uni Univers Italic
+unj Univers Bold Italic
+unr Univers
+wgd Wingdings (TT)
+
+The major new feature in this release is the use of additional header words
+in the TFM file to include HP-specific information about font selection.
+The emTeX dvihplj driver (starting with version 1.5) and Karl Berry's
+dviljk driver support this mechanism.
+
+This release is again being offered in order to "get the metrics out there".
+Additional changes may still be made. In particular, VFs for other encoding
+schemes will be added, and I may rename the fonts in the next release
+to conform with Karl Berry's font naming scheme.
+
+ Cheers,
+ norm
+ <norm@ora.com>
+ 28 Apr 1994