Re: Virtual font tip

[Matt Gushee <mgushee@havenrock.com>]

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 03:25:03PM +0100, Adam Lindsay wrote:
> Don't be discouraged, Matt.

Oh, I wasn't really discouraged, just mildly sarcastic (as much as I
dare to be toward someone who was just trying to help ;-)

> I think your tool is really nifty--it's precisely one of those "if I have
> time, I'll learn about VPLs" projects that I wanted to have realised at
> some point. Your solution goes far beyond the FontSite500 support, as far
> as I can see.

Yes and no. Probably the technique is generally applicable, but the
specific script I used relies on:

 * The way FontSite organizes their font families (including the 
   specific code points assigned to the ligatures, which may be
   common but are probably not universal);

 * The file names generated by texfont; and

 * The organization and formatting of the VPL files that I had to
   work with. I expect these will vary depending on a number of
   circumstances, but I don't know exactly how.

I would welcome suggestions (or patches) that will help make the script
more generally useful.

Thanks for the encouragement.

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