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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-instmffont.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-instmffont.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..325dc388bff --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-instmffont.html @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label instmffont</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Installing a font provided as Metafont source</h3> +<p/>Metafont fonts are (by comparison with other sorts of font) rather +pleasingly simple. Nowadays, they are mostly distributed just as the +Metafont source, since modern TeX distributions are able to produce +everything the user needs “on the fly”; however, if the distribution +<em>does</em> include TFM files, install them too, since they +save a little time and don’t occupy much disc space. Always distrust +distributions of PK font bitmap files: there’s no way of +learning from them what printer they were generated for, and naming +schemes under different operating systems are another source of +confusion. +<p/>“<a href="FAQ-install-where.html">Where to install files</a>” +specifies where the files should go. +<p/>Further confusion is introduced by font families whose authors devise rules +for automatic generation of Metafont sources for generating fonts at +particular sizes; the installation has to know about the rules, as +otherwise it cannot generate font files. +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instmffont">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instmffont</a> +</body> |