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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/fonts/psfonts/corelpak/readme.txt b/fonts/psfonts/corelpak/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f3bfd4de0e --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/psfonts/corelpak/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +Corelpak 0.50 (JW) +================= + +This package provides an easy and cheap way for using standard postscript fonts +with LaTex2e. Instead of using real Adobe fonts, which are rather expensive, +it uses PS-Fonts delivered with the comercial software Corel. This software is +often bundled with your computer and is shipped with LOTS of fonts (almost from +Bitstream). +Unfortunately, mostly they are differently named than their original pedants. +Times for example is named Dutch 801. This means, Dutch 801 is NOT a poor +replacement almost like Times, moreover: Dutch 801 IS Times. + +So there are following tasks to do: + +1.) Find common name for Corel font xy + (for example, use the books TYPECOSMIC or file bitstream.aka + (CTAN:info/fontname)) +2.) Rename its parts (*.pfb and *.afm) following the KARL BERRY scheme (*) +3.) Create the *.tfm, *.sty, *.fd, *.vf and *.map files + (use the fontinst package) +4.) Copy all this stuff to an appropriate place. + +That's it! If you want to preview and print the output via ghostscript, then + +5.) Tell Ghostscript how to find and name the fonts + (setup the fontmap) + + +Fortunately, all these steps are already done! +--- Attention --- +(*) Except step 2. This has to be done by YOU! As a help, look at file fontmap, +it contains the internal names, Berry names and Corel filenames (xxxxa___.pfb). +A complete list can be found in CTAN: \tex-archive\info\fontnames. + +EXAMPLE: Times Roman (Dutch 801) can be found as file 0011a___.pfb on the + Corel-CD. Copy it to somewhere ghostscript and dvips can find + it and rename it to btmr.pfb + +There is an easy workaround for this. +I've had to use the K. Berry scheme (fontinst told me) - You have another +choice: Simply within fontmap (and - if necessary - dvips-maps *.nrs) +replace the Berry-names by the "Corel" names + +EXAMPLE: ghostview fontmap: /Times-Roman (0011a___.pfb) ; + : + + dvips btm.nrs: btmr0 Dutch801BT-Roman <0011a___.pfb + : + + +This package obviously does NOT contain the Corel ps-fonts itself. If you +do not have them, this package is useless. +Furthermore, it provides the LaTex-files for only a few of them, because +1.) An hour is an hour is an hour +2.) Check the version number, there is room for hope +3.) Much of the cd fonts are decorative and therefore less important for a + text system like LaTex +4.) I considered mainly these fonts, which provide beside the standard also + the shape italic and weight bold +5.) the '35' Adobe standard fonts, I thought, have to be seen as an first + approach and mostly important (but aren't complete, anyway!) + +Currently there are 50 fonts available: + Serif: 30 + Sans Serif: 11 + TypeWriter: 1 + Decorative: 8 + +See nametabl.txt for currently available fonts in this package. + + +Installing Corelpak +===================== + +Package contents: + +o folder TFM: Put it, where Latex can find it. It contains the + Tex-font metrics +o folder VF: Put it, where your dvi-driver can find it. It contains + the virtual fonts. +o folder PSNFSS: Put it, where Latex can find it. It contains the *.sty + and *.fd files. +o folder DVIPS: Put it, where dvips can find it. It contains the + *.map-files for dvips +o readme.txt This file +o nametabl.txt Table of "official" names, Corel font names and names + of LaTex2e *.sty files +o fontmap.crk Additional entries for Fontmap (Ghostscript). Use this + solely or merge it to the original fontmap +o pak2me.bat copies a given psfont-installation for use with EmTeX + (due to the absence of recursive subdirectory search + strategies (!!-feature is not allowed in dvips), + a structure like fonts/ps/adobe/Times/tfm is not possible) +o alpak2me.bat copies all fonts to the appropriate place for EmTeX. + Configure pak2me.bat before using alpak2me.bat! + + +All you have to do is: + +1.) Put the (contents of the) folders TFM, VF, PSNFSS and DVIPS at their + appropriate places +2.) merge the *.map files (DOS: copy /b *.map psfonts.map) +3.) if you want to include the fonts in your dvips-output (for example, you + don't want to use the ghostscript fontmap-feature, or want to download + them to your printer), merge the *.nrs files (nrs: not resident) + (DOS: copy /b *.nrs psfonts.map) +4.) See comment for step 2.) at the beginning of this document + +If you use ghostscript: + +5.) copy fontmap.crk to your ghostscript directory and rename it to fontmap. + Don't forget to backup the original!! + Optionally you can merge both together. Check for double entries. + + +Have fun!! +Suggestions, wishes, bug reports: +woch@informatik.uni-koblenz.de + + + +Some details +============= + +o I used the fontinst package v1.335 for generating the LaTex-related stuff +o Even if there are more widths, shapes, weights etc. available for some + fonts, I always used solely roman/book, italic, bold, bolditalic. + The reason is to be found in my lack of understanding what the heck + fontinst really does. + + +Legal Stuff +============ + +Do, whatever you want to do with this package, except modified distributing it +under the same name. + |