From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15665 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matt Gushee Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Virtual font tip Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 18:07:39 -0600 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20040707000738.GA30957@swordfish> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089159045 20617 80.91.224.253 (7 Jul 2004 00:10:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Wed Jul 07 02:10:37 2004 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 1Bi01F-0003vd-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 02:10:37 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FFA10B5E; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:10:33 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from mz1.forethought.net (mzpi3.forethought.net [216.241.36.12]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1870C10AC0 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:07:40 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=swordfish) by mz1.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BhzyM-0006G2-HD for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:07:38 -0600 Original-Received: from matt by swordfish with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BhzyN-00084W-00 for ; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:07:39 -0600 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk X-Reply-To: Matt Gushee 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:15665 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15665 Hello, all-- After purchasing the FontSite 500 CD, I wanted to make good use of some of the nice text fonts it contains--in particular I wanted to create TeX virtual fonts that would add ff, ffi, and ffl ligatures and replace the ugly ( ;-) ) lining numerals with old-style figures. After considerable effort I figured out how to edit the VPL files for the desired effect. I also wrote a Python script to automate the process, though it may well not work for anyone else. Anyway, since I have found very little documentation on virtual fonts, I thought others might benefit from my experience, so I wrote up the procedure and posted in the (new) TeX Tips section of my Web site. So, if anyone is interested in this subject, have a look at http://havenrock.com/textips/bookfonts.html Please let me know if you find any errors or points that need to be clarified. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)