From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- macros/latex/contrib/mfnfss/README.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 macros/latex/contrib/mfnfss/README.md (limited to 'macros/latex/contrib/mfnfss/README.md') diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/mfnfss/README.md b/macros/latex/contrib/mfnfss/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b9b66df7c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/mfnfss/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ + +# README for the `mfnfss' bundle (December 2017) + +This "bundle" consists of a few old LaTeX2e packages written to +support some metafont based fonts within NFSS. In the early days of +LaTeX2e it was part of the required setup for LaTeX. + +## IMPORTANT NOTICE + +The files in this bundle are no longer maintainted by the LaTeX Team! +So I (Frank) have picked them up to give the sources a new home, but I +do not expect to do much maintenance on them (if any). + +If you actually want to use the Pandora fonts, you have to invest a a +bit of work as the fonts themselves aren't distributed these days by +most distributions because of license issues (they aren't allowed for +commercial use so aren't "free" by some standard (they are on CTAN +though, so it is possible to install them). *Please do not ask me how +to do that with your installation!* + +For the old German fonts from Yannis the situation is somewhat better: +so the `oldgerm` package should work out of the box with most or +all distributions. + +The file `manifest.txt` contains a list of the main files in the +distribution together with a short summary of each file. + +The files are licensed under [LPPL](https://www.latex-project.org/lppl/). + +Frank Mittelbach + -- cgit v1.2.3