From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- fonts/nkarta/README | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 110 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fonts/nkarta/README (limited to 'fonts/nkarta/README') diff --git a/fonts/nkarta/README b/fonts/nkarta/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e46f2d5ed1 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/nkarta/README @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ + NKARTA + ------ + +I have been unable to find the author or maintainer or copyright holder +of the Metafont karta, containing map symbols. Problems have arisen with +that font, mainly the usual ones: "Strange path" errors and capacity +exceeded. I have change the coding a bit to try to avoid these. Also, +there were two paths defined with incorrect turning number, and +incorrect order of operations (a too-late unfill operation caused +previously drawn elements of two figures to be erased). This was also +corrected. Aside from that, no actual paths were changed. + +Licence +------- +To avoid confusion with the original files, I have renamed the result +nkarta. Barring any legal claim by the creator of karta.mf, I hereby +place nkarta in the public domain. + +Version +------- +This is version 0.2. The previous version failed to include a version +number. It will be called version 0.1 when I need to refer to it. + +Use +--- +The character shapes are all in nkchars.mf, which is input by a driver +file nkarta.mf. The font produced has design size 15pt. A file +nkart15.mf is provided as an example showing how that design size can be +changed. In order to get a 20pt font, just copy nkarta15.mf to +nkarta20.mf and then edit it, changing 15 to 20 everywhere. + +To allow larger scaling without risking exceeding Metafont's capacity, I +have ported the figures to MetaPost in nkarta.mp. These figures have the +same numbers as the corresponding characters in nkarta.mf. That is, +after "mpost nkarta.mp", the file nkarta.NNN contains the same picture +as charater NNN in the nkarta font. Without scaling, they will be the +same size that nkarta.mf produces. + +One can also run mpost on nkarta15.mf (or nkarta20.mf if prepared as +above). In that case nkarta15.NNN (or nkarta20.NNN) has the same figure +as character NNN of the font nkarta15 (or nkarta20). + +Files figtest.pdf and fonttest.pdf provide a table of the available +figures/characters. + +Installing nkarta +----------------- + 0. Run tex or latex on nkarta.ins to generate the *.mf and *.mp source + files. + + 1. Copy the .mf files somewhere Metafont will find them. In a TDS + compliant system, that would be a subdirectory path similar to + texmf/fonts/source/public/nkarta + + 2. Copy the .tfm file somewhere TeX searches for TFM files, for example + texmf/fonts/tfm/public/nkarta + + 3. Copy the .mp files where MetaPost will find them, for example: + texmf/metapost/nkarta + + 4. Copy README, *.tex and *.pdf where documentation is kept, for example: + texmf/doc/fonts/nkarta + + 5. Copy nkarta.dtx and nkarta.ins where source files are kept, for example: + texmf/source/fonts/nkarta + + 6. Refresh the filename database (mktexlsr or MiKTeX Options). + +A list of the files and their uses. + + README This file + nkarta.ins The script for unpacking nkarta.dtx + nkarta.dtx The source for the next five files: + nkarta.mf Preliminary definitions for MF + nkarta.mp Preliminary definitions for MP + nkchars.mf Actual characters, input by nkarta.mf + nkchars.mp Actual figures, input by nkarta.mp (a) + nkarta15.mf MF source for the font at 15pt + nkarta15.tfm Prebuilt TFM file + fonttable.tex Source for a table of the characters + figtable.tex Source for a table of the figures + fonttable.pdf Prebuilt PDF file (b) + figtable.pdf Prebuilt PDF file (c) + + Notes: + (a) nkchars.mf and nkchars.mp are identical (apart from comments). You + can discard the second one if MetaPost is configured to find the + first one. + (b) fonttable.pdf was built by running + tex fonttable.tex + dvips fonttable.dvi + ps2pdf fonttable.ps + This requires testfont.tex and nkarta15.tfm + (c) figtable.pdf was built by running + mpost nkarta.mp + tex figtable.tex + dvips figtable.dvi + ps2pdf figtable.ps + This requires testfont.tex, epsf.tex and nkarta15.tfm. + +The only change from version 0.1 to 0.2 of nkarta to this one is a +repackaging, and streamlining of the code. Also, more than 100K of +garbage following "end" in nkarta.mp was removed. + +-- +Daniel H. Luecking email: luecking at uark dot edu +Department of Mathematical Sciences +University of Arkansas +Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 +USA -- cgit v1.2.3