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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-prept1font.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-prept1font.html index 7b38729cc53..c9d0d1aabcb 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-prept1font.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-prept1font.html @@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ preparing the font for installation, and second <p/>Many fonts are supplied in (La)TeX ready form: such fonts need no preparation, and may be installed immediately. <p/>However, if you purchase a font from a Type foundry (either direct or -via one of the web stores), you are likely to need to ‘prepare’ it for +via one of the web stores), you are likely to need to ‘prepare’ it for use with (La)TeX. The rest of this answer discusses this preparation. <ul> <li> Acquire the font. A very small set of Type 1 fonts is installed in most PostScript printers you will encounter. For those few (whose use - is covered by the basic PSNFSS package), you don’t need the + is covered by the basic PSNFSS package), you don’t need the Type 1 font itself, to be able to print using the font. <p/> For all the myriad other Type 1 fonts, to be able to print using the font you need the Type 1 file itself. Some of these are - available for free (they’ve either been donated to the public + available for free (they’ve either been donated to the public domain, or were developed as part of a free software project), but the vast majority are commercial products, requiring you to spend real money. -<li> Acquire the fonts’ AFM files. AFM files contain +<li> Acquire the fonts’ AFM files. AFM files contain information from the font foundry, about the sizes of the characters in the font, and how they fit together. One measure of the quality of a font-supplier is that they provide the AFM files by |