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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-usepsfont.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-usepsfont.html index 804cc256cdc..91d16d74d68 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-usepsfont.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-usepsfont.html @@ -1,19 +1,20 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label usepsfont</title> </head><body> -<h3>Using PostScript fonts with TeX</h3> -<p/>In order to use PostScript fonts, TeX needs -<em>metric</em> (called TFM) files. Several sets of metrics are +<h3>Using Adobe Type 1 fonts with TeX</h3> +<p/>In order to use any font, TeX needs a +<em>metric</em> file (TFM file). Several sets of metrics for +common Adobe Type 1 fonts are available from the archives; for mechanisms for generating new ones, see <a href="FAQ-metrics.html">metrics for PostScript fonts</a>. You also need the fonts themselves; PostScript printers come with a set of -fonts built in, but to extend your repertoire you almost invariably +fonts built in, but to extend your repertoire you usually need to buy from one of the many commercial font vendors (see, for example, <a href="FAQ-psfchoice.html">“choice of fonts”</a>). -<p/>If you use LaTeX2e, the best way to get PostScript fonts into your -document is to use the PSNFSS package maintained by Walter -Schmidt. The LaTeX3 project team declare that PSNFSS is -“required”, and bug reports may be submitted via the +<p/>If you use LaTeX2e, access to your printer’s fonts is offered by the +PSNFSS package; the LaTeX3 project team declare that +PSNFSS is a “required” part of a LaTeX distribution, and +bug reports may be submitted via the <a href="FAQ-latexbug.html">LaTeX bugs system</a>. PSNFSS gives you a set of packages for changing the default roman, sans-serif and typewriter fonts; <em>e.g</em>., the @@ -36,14 +37,10 @@ the fonts is not the same as Computer Modern it will be up to you to redefine various macros and accents, or you can use the font re-encoding mechanisms available in many drivers and in <i>ps2pk</i> and <i>afm2tfm</i>. -<p/>Victor Eijkhout’s <a href="FAQ-lollipop.html">Lollipop package</a> -supports declaration of font families and styles in a similar way to -LaTeX’s NFSS, and so is easy to use with PostScript fonts. <p/>Some common problems encountered are discussed elsewhere (see <a href="FAQ-psfontprob.html">problems with PS fonts</a>). <dl> <dt><tt><i>Metrics for the ‘Laserwriter’ set of 35 fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/psnfss/lw35nfss.zip">macros/latex/required/psnfss/lw35nfss.zip</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/lw35nfss.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>lollipop</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/lollipop.zip">macros/lollipop</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/lollipop/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/lollipop.html">catalogue entry</a> <dt><tt><i>psnfss</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/psnfss.zip">macros/latex/required/psnfss</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/psnfss/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/psnfss.html">catalogue entry</a> </dl> <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=usepsfont">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=usepsfont</a> |