Re: Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!

[Adam Lindsay <atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk>]

Hi Steffen,

Why are you converting to type1 fonts when pdftex will work fine with 
the .ttf files "embedded" within the .dfont?

My approach to using Mac fonts has been:
1) create a temp directory
2) fondu original.dfont from within the temp directory
3) run texfont on the resulting TTFs

I've avoided conversion between TrueType and Type1 because they're 
different imaging models, and curves change along the way. Other people 
advise against this for licensing reasons, as well.

I'd also ask why, if you have the superior Helvetica Neue working, 
you're trying to get the plain, no-oblique Helvetica going as well. I 
see it like the difference between LM and the original CM conversion... 
the later interpretation is far superior, and much more subtly drawn.

But all these questions mask the fact that I have no clue about the 
FontForge/FontLab messes... I want to help you avoid them! :)

adam

On 21 Mar 2005, at 15:37, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:

> Hi,
>
> using HelveticaNeue (came with OSX) was fine.
>
> But using Helvetica (from OSX system fonts) just won't work:
>
> - when I have converted the .dfont to .pfb with FontLab the diaeresis 
> of the german Umlaute (äöü) are too far to the right.
>
> - when I have converted the .dfont to .pfb with FontForge the 
> diaeresis of the german Umlaute (äöü) are OK, but all other elements 
> like Macron, Cedilla or Ogonek are too far to the left (!).
>
>
> Anybody knows this strange behaviour?
> And even better what to do to avoid this mess??
>
> Steffen
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