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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-metrics.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-metrics.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6c67cecfec9..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-metrics.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label metrics</title> -</head><body> -<h3>TeX font metric files for Type 1 fonts</h3> -<p/>Reputable font vendors such as Adobe supply metric files for each -font, in AFM (Adobe Font Metric) form; these can be converted -to TFM (TeX Font Metric) form. Most modern distributions have -prebuilt metrics which will be more than enough for many people; but you may -need to do the conversion yourself if you have special needs or -acquire a new font. One important question is the <em>encoding</em> of -(Latin character) fonts; while we all more or less agree about the -position of about 96 characters in fonts (the basic ASCII set), the -rest of the (typically) 256 vary. The most obvious problems are with -floating accents and special characters such as the ‘pounds sterling’ -sign. There are three ways of dealing with this: either you change the -TeX macros which reference the characters (not much fun, and -error-prone); or you change the encoding of the font (easier than you -might think); or you use <a href="FAQ-virtualfonts.html">virtual fonts</a> to -<em>pretend</em> to TeX that the encoding is the same as it is used to. -LaTeX2e has facilities for dealing with fonts in different -encodings; read the <a href="FAQ-books.html"><em>LaTeX Companion</em></a> for -more details. In practice, if you do much non-English (but Latin -script) typesetting, you are strongly recommended to use the -<i>fontenc</i> package with option ‘<code>T1</code>’ to select -<a href="FAQ-ECfonts.html">‘Cork’</a> encoding. -<p/>An alternative favoured by some is Y&Y’s “private” LY1 encoding, -which is designed to sit well with “Adobe standard” encoded fonts. -Basic macro support of LY1 is available: note that the -“relation with Adobe’s encoding” means that the LY1 user -needs no virtual fonts. -<p/>Alan Jeffrey’s <i>fontinst</i> package is an AFM to -TFM converter written in TeX; it is used to generate the -files used by LaTeX2e’s PSNFSS package to support use of -PostScript fonts. It is a sophisticated package, not for the faint-hearted, -but is powerful enough to cope with most needs. Much of its power -relies on the use of <a href="FAQ-virtualfonts.html">virtual fonts</a>. -<p/>For slightly simpler problems, Rokicki’s <i>afm2tfm</i>, -distributed with <i>dvips</i>, is fast and -efficient; note that the metrics and styles that come with -<i>dvips</i> are <em>not</em> currently LaTeX2e compatible. -<p/>For the Macintosh (classic), there is a program called -<i>EdMetrics</i> which does the job (and more). -<i>EdMetrics</i> comes with the (commercial) -<a href="FAQ-commercial.html">Textures</a> distribution, but is itself free -software, and is available on CTAN. - - - - -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>dvips</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvips.zip">dviware/dvips</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/dviware/dvips/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/dvips.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>EdMetrics</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/textures/utilities/EdMetrics.sea.hqx">systems/mac/textures/utilities/EdMetrics.sea.hqx</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/edmetrics.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>fontinst</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/utilities/fontinst.zip">fonts/utilities/fontinst</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/utilities/fontinst/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/fontinst.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>LY1 support</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/psfonts/ly1.zip">fonts/psfonts/ly1</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/psfonts/ly1/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/ly1.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=metrics">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=metrics</a> -</body> |