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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cmap/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cmap/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..38be95d3f83 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cmap/README @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +The cmap package is intended to make the PDF files generated by +pdflatex "searchable and copyable" in acrobat reader and other +compliant PDF viewers. + +Just put the line \usepackage{cmap} at the beginning of your preamble, +and it will pre-load the needed CMap translations for the fonts used +in the document, provided that there exists the file <encoding>.cmap +for the font encoding. + +Current version of the CMap package includes CMap files for the +following LaTeX font encodings: T1, T2A, T2B, T2C, T5. + +Adding support for other font encoding does not require the change in +the cmap.sty package: just create the <encoding>.cmap file and make it +visible to TeX by putting it into the appropriate directory. + +It works for Type 1 fonts, and also for Type 3 fonts (including the PK +fonts which are preloaded as Type 3 fonts into PDF) with recent +versions of pdftex. + +The main limitation currently is inability to work with virtual fonts, +and this is because of limitation of pdftex, and may be resolved in a +future versions of pdftex. + +It is possible to work around this limitation by creating a Type 3 +font which implements instructions contained in the virtual font. |