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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pl/README-T1.ENG b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pl/README-T1.ENG new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4848bd020e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pl/README-T1.ENG @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@ +***************************************************************************** +* The collection of the PL fonts (the Polish version of the * +* Computer Modern ones) in PostScript Type 1 format * +* (public domain) * +***************************************************************************** + +--------- +SYNOPSIS: +--------- + +Under the pressure from the Windows users, the collection of PL fonts in +PostScript Type 1 format was eventually adapted to the (mostly +guessed) demands of the Windows environment. Still, the fonts are usable +with TeX, which was the primary aim of Janusz M. Nowacki when he created +the first version of the Type 1 PL fonts; however, encoding files are now +required, as Windows and TeX use different encoding schemes. + +The distribution of the new version consists of 77 fonts, each of them having +four ``instances'' (i.e., PFB, AFM, PFM, and TFM files): + + plb10, plbsy10, plbx10, plbx12, plbx5, plbx6, plbx7, plbx8, plbx9, + plbxsl10, plbxti10, plcsc10, pldunh10, plex10, plex9, plff10, plfi10, + plfib8, plinch, plitt10, plmi10, plmi12, plmi5, plmi6, plmi7, plmi8, + plmi9, plmib10, plr10, plr12, plr17, plr5, plr6, plr7, plr8, plr9, + plsl10, plsl12, plsl8, plsl9, plsltt10, plss10, plss12, plss17, plss8, + plss9, plssbi10, plssbx10, plssdc10, plssi10, plssi12, plssi17, plssi8, + plssi9, plssq8, plssqi8, plsy10, plsy5, plsy6, plsy7, plsy8, plsy9, + pltcsc10, pltex10, pltex8, pltex9, plti10, plti12, plti7, plti8, plti9, + pltt10, pltt12, pltt8, pltt9, plu10, plvtt10. + +Additionally, there are 10 encoding files, one font map file, and two +alternative config files to be used with Tomas Rokicki's dvips driver: + + plin.enc, plit.enc, plitt.enc, plme.enc, plmi.enc, plms.enc, + plrm.enc, plsc.enc, plte.enc, pltt.enc + + pl.map, config.pl (or pl.cfg) + +plsample.tex (in Polish) is a sample file to be processed with MeX +(Polish plain) format. + +In order to install the fonts under Windows, only *.pfb and *.pfm files +are needed; TeX users will need *.pfb, *.tfm, *.enc, pl.map and config.pl +files. +Details of installation will not be explained here (refer to the respective +manuals). *.afm files are included for informative purposes (and for +the completeness). They MUST NOT be used for generating *.tfm files +with afmtotfm or a similar software; instead, *.tfm files from this +distribution or from the newest distribution of METAFONT sources of +the PL fonts (ver. 1.07) should be used. + +At the first glance, the number of different encodings may seem +surprising -- why as many as ten? Simply, Computer Modern family +fonts use actually ten different layouts. The collection of PL +fonts inherited this feature with the ``benefit of inventory'': + + 1. 152 glyphs + plb10 plbx10 plbx12 plbx5 plbx6 plbx7 plbx8 plbx9 plbxsl10 pldunh10 + plff10 plfib8 plr10 plr12 plr17 plr6 plr7 plr8 plr9 plsl10 + plsl12 plsl8 plsl9 plss10 plss12 plss17 plss8 plss9 plssbi10 + plssbx10 plssdc10 plssi10 plssi12 plssi17 plssi8 plssi9 + plssq8 plssqi8 plvtt10 + 2. 132 glyphs + plbsy10 plsy10 plsy5 plsy6 plsy7 plsy8 plsy9 + 3. 152 glyphs + plbxti10 plfi10 plti10 plti12 plti7 plti8 plti9 plu10 + 4. 151 glyphs + plcsc10 plr5 + 5. 130 glyphs + plex10 plex9 + 6. 47 glyphs + plinch + 7. 151 glyphs + plitt10 + 8. 130 glyphs + plmi10 plmi12 plmi5 plmi6 plmi7 plmi8 plmi9 plmib10 + 9. 151 glyphs + plsltt10 pltcsc10 pltt10 pltt12 pltt8 pltt9 +10. 129 glyphs + pltex10 pltex8 pltex9 + +Internal (i.e., PostScript) font names were chosen in such a way that +subfamilies are formed, whenever feasible. The naming is supposed to +facilitate using the fonts under ATM (Adobe Type Manager). Fonts were +grupped into 51 subfamilies -- we couldn't do better: + + NR POSTSCRIPT NAME TFM FILE NAME + 1. PLCaps10-Regular plcsc10 + 2. PLDunhill10-Regular pldunh10 + 3. PLFibonacci8-Regular plfib8 + 4. PLFunny10-Italic plfi10 + PLFunny10-Regular plff10 + 5. PLInch-Regular plinch + 6. PLMathExtension10-Regular plex10 + 7. PLMathExtension9-Regular plex9 + 8. PLMathItalic10-BoldItalic plmib10 + PLMathItalic10-Italic plmi10 + 9. PLMathItalic12-Italic plmi12 + 10. PLMathItalic5-Italic plmi5 + 11. PLMathItalic6-Italic plmi6 + 12. PLMathItalic7-Italic plmi7 + 13. PLMathItalic8-Italic plmi8 + 14. PLMathItalic9-Italic plmi9 + 15. PLMathSymbols10-BoldItalic plbsy10 + PLMathSymbols10-Italic plsy10 + 16. PLMathSymbols5-Italic plsy5 + 17. PLMathSymbols6-Italic plsy6 + 18. PLMathSymbols7-Italic plsy7 + 19. PLMathSymbols8-Italic plsy8 + 20. PLMathSymbols9-Italic plsy9 + 21. PLRoman10-Bold plbx10 + PLRoman10-BoldItalic plbxti10 + PLRoman10-Italic plti10 + PLRoman10-Regular plr10 + 22. PLRoman12-Bold plbx12 + PLRoman12-Italic plti12 + PLRoman12-Regular plr12 + 23. PLRoman17-Regular plr17 + 24. PLRoman5-Bold plbx5 + PLRoman5-Regular plr5 + 25. PLRoman6-Bold plbx6 + PLRoman6-Regular plr6 + 26. PLRoman7-Bold plbx7 + PLRoman7-Italic plti7 + PLRoman7-Regular plr7 + 27. PLRoman8-Bold plbx8 + PLRoman8-Italic plti8 + PLRoman8-Regular plr8 + 28. PLRoman9-Bold plbx9 + PLRoman9-Italic plti9 + PLRoman9-Regular plr9 + 29. PLRomanDemi10-Regular plb10 + 30. PLSans10-Bold plssbx10 + PLSans10-BoldItalic plssbi10 + PLSans10-Italic plssi10 + PLSans10-Regular plss10 + 31. PLSans12-Italic plssi12 + PLSans12-Regular plss12 + 32. PLSans17-Italic plssi17 + PLSans17-Regular plss17 + 33. PLSans8-Italic plssi8 + PLSans8-Regular plss8 + 34. PLSans9-Italic plssi9 + PLSans9-Regular plss9 + 35. PLSansDemiCond10-Regular plssdc10 + 36. PLSansQuotation8-Italic plssqi8 + PLSansQuotation8-Regular plssq8 + 37. PLSlanted10-BoldItalic plbxsl10 + PLSlanted10-Italic plsl10 + 38. PLSlanted12-Italic plsl12 + 39. PLSlanted8-Italic plsl8 + 40. PLSlanted9-Italic plsl9 + 41. PLTeXExtended10-Regular pltex10 + 42. PLTeXExtended8-Regular pltex8 + 43. PLTeXExtended9-Regular pltex9 + 44. PLTypewriter10-Italic plitt10 + PLTypewriter10-Regular pltt10 + 45. PLTypewriter12-Regular pltt12 + 46. PLTypewriter8-Regular pltt8 + 47. PLTypewriter9-Regular pltt9 + 48. PLTypewriterCaps10-Regular pltcsc10 + 49. PLTypewriterSlanted10-Italic plsltt10 + 50. PLTypewriterVarWd10-Regular plvtt10 + 51. PLUnslanted10-Regular plu10 + +-------- +HISTORY: +-------- + +The fonts were originally created by Janusz M. Nowacki in 1997 +and released during the meeting of the Polish TeX Users Group (GUST) +in Bachotek. Several minor bugs were removed during a few +years of using the fonts. Total re-arrangement of the +collection and adaptation to the Windows environment took place +out in 2000 and was carried out by the JNS TEAM (Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski, +Janusz M. Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk). + +The current version is 1.15 (of 12 April 2005). + +1.15, 12 April 2005 -- the layout of the distribution reorganised to + conform with TDS v. 1.1; pl.map was replaced by + pltext.map and plother.map (for more easy substition + by LM fonts) +1.14, 22 May 2000 -- files pltex*.pfb modified + (the number of charstrings was wrong; actually, + it was continuation of 1.13 bug fix) +1.13, 17 May 2000 -- file plte.enc corrected (was .notdef instead + of space) +1.12, 13 April 2000 r. -- the first release after total re-construction + +--------- +COLOPHON: +--------- + +Many people contributed to the PL project with their help, comments and +advices -- very many thanks. + +There were two sources exploited by Janusz M. Nowacki: + * the AMS collection of Computer Modern Type 1 fonts; + * METAFONT sources of the PL fonts (a part of the MeX package). + +The Polish TeX Users Group GUST stimulated and partially sponsored the +project. Krzysio Leszczy\'nski and Toni Walter pointed out some +deficiencies. Special thanks go to Berthold K. P. Horn for his valuable +hints concerning technical details of the font representation. + +Main tools for the preparing of the PL Type 1 font collection +were (besides a few commercial programs not worthy mentioning): +TeX, METAFONT, Type 1 utilities, Ghostscript, AWK and Perl. +A lot of testing and tuning was carried out in the BOP firm. + + +-------------- +EMAIL CONTACT: +-------------- + + B_Jackowski@gust.org.pl +or + J.Nowacki@gust.org.pl +or + P.Strzelczyk@gust.org.pl |