Return-Path: Received: from nx5.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.131.21] verified) by vsu.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 3825609; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:39:08 +0400 Received: from sx2.hrz.uni-dortmund.de by nx5.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE via smtp-local with ESMTP; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:38:55 +0200 Received: from rigel.univie.ac.at (dial-143167.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE [129.217.143.167]) by sx2.hrz.uni-dortmund.de (8.10.2+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f8J5cqU16689; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:38:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost (sx0005@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rigel.univie.ac.at (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11544; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:22:19 +0200 Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:22:19 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20010919.072219.21924139.wl@gnu.org> To: CyrTeX-en@vsu.ru, vvv@vsu.ru Cc: CyrTeX-ru@vsu.ru, PVT-TEX@vsu.ru, tex-fonts@math.utah.edu, tetex@informatik.uni-hannover.de, ntg-vtex@ntg.nl Subject: Re: CM-Super package released From: Werner LEMBERG In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0.52 on Emacs 21.0.106.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > The CM-super package contains type1 fonts converted from METAFONT > fonts and covers entire EC/TC and LH fonts (Computer Modern font > families). All european and cyrillic writings are covered. Each > Type1 font program contains ALL glyphs from the following encodings: > T1, TS1, T2A, T2B, T2C, X2, and also Adobe StandardEncoding (582 > glyphs per non-SC font and 465 glyphs per SC font), and could be > reencoded to any of these encodings using standard dvips or pdftex > facilities (the corresponding support files are also included). Am I right that the CM-super package tries to minimize the number of used fonts? If this is the most important goal, I fully agree with such big fonts. Otherwise I wonder whether the Omega approach isn't probably better: to have `glyph containers' with at most 256 characters each -- fonts like omsela.pfb for Latin, omsecy.pfb for Cyrillic, etc. [A marginal note: It seems that noone has ever tried to provide LaTeX support files for the excellent Omega fonts (i.e. virtual fonts, font definition files, etc.).] > * provide optimized but not hinted version (will be smaller)? Apropos smaller: How do you realize composite glyphs? Do you use Type 1 facilities to make the fonts smaller (via the AFM file)? I can imagine that this can greatly reduce the size of the fonts. > * add glyphs from T2D encoding So T2D this has already been defined, hasn't it? I haven't seen any announcement on this list... > * include glyphs from cbgreek ec-like fonts * Include glyphs from the vnr family to cover Vietnamese. * Include all missing glyphs from the Unicode extended Latin sections. BTW, I hope you have replaced the ugly `Euro' glyph from TS1 with better looking variants from either the Marvosym or China2e fonts... Another BTW: Do you use AGL compliant glyph names? Werner