From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/12938 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jens-Uwe Morawski Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: texfont and font mechanism Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:34:37 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20030819193437.6d1b1141.morawski@gmx.net> References: <20030819164513.48500e9c.morawski@gmx.net> <20030819144752.1637@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061315272 2759 80.91.224.253 (19 Aug 2003 17:47:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Tue Aug 19 19:47:50 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19pAaE-0007Oc-00 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:47:50 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F4B10B24; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:47:47 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 8ED2D10B24 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:37:58 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: (qmail 1807 invoked by uid 65534); 19 Aug 2003 17:37:57 -0000 Original-Received: from port1163.fra.ginko.net (EHLO melior.localdomain) (212.202.66.147) by mail.gmx.net (mp009) with SMTP; 19 Aug 2003 19:37:57 +0200 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <20030819144752.1637@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:12938 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:12938 On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:47:51 +0100 "Adam Lindsay" wrote: > Jens-Uwe Morawski said this at Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:45:13 +0200: > > >On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:29:27 +0100 > >"Adam Lindsay" wrote: > >> > >> Did anyone get Scriptina to install? The pltotf step in texfont still > hangs. > > > >I did using fontinst. If you (or anyone else) wish i can send an archive > >containing all necessary files (VFs,TFMs,MAP,typescript,FDs for LaTeX,...). > >It requires the original PC-Type1 font of Scriptina. The Sciptina-Alternates > >is not covered, since the AFM glyph-names seem to be wrong. > > Right. I noticed the glyph-name problem with the majority of the free > type1 fonts out there. I suppose it's to enable normal keyboard access of > the alternates. no, the alternates include some alternate glyphs and lingatures, some of them not found in any common TeX-encoding, i.e. pp-lingature. However, without the alternates the font is nice and useful too. > Anyway, I'd be interested in the archive of support files. will send them off-list Jens