Re: mfonts.tex from manuals

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Adam Lindsay wrote:

>I tried to run texfont demofont.dat, but failed.
>First off, Hans, am I missing a runtools.rb? I can't find it. 
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indeed, i need to add that one to the zip (i'll send you a copy)

>Secondly, I think the current demofont.dat has a bug because it triggers
>an obscure texfont filtering feature. I changed the comments at the head
>of the file to work around it:
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># we assume that demofont.afm and demofont.pfb are present
># run with:
># texfont demofont.dat 
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interesting -)

>Okay, another couple hacks to cross further hurdles:
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>The top of my mfonts.tex now looks like:
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>\preloadtypescripts           % I wanted to speed things up a bit!
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ah, i have that one in my cont-sys.tex

>\startnotmode[atpragma]
>\startMPenvironment[global]
>                              % Current bug in distribution
> \definefontsynonym [LMSans-Italic] [LMSans-Oblique]
> \definefontsynonym [LMSans-BoldItalic] [LMSans-BoldOblique]
>                              % lucida gets called all over the place
> \definetypescriptsynonym [lucida] [palatino]
> \usetypescript[adobekb][8r,ec]
>\stopMPenvironment
>\stopnotmode
>
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ok

>\usetypescriptfile [type-buy]
>\usetypescriptfile [typeface]
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>\environment ../allkind/mcommon.tex
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already fixed

>... That much ought to fix the main body (though with the synonyms and
>substitutions, the fonts it mentions in the text are not always going to
>match the actual fonts used now!)
>
>Go down a little bit, and you'll see the title page font set:
>
>\startnotmode[atpragma]
>
>  \startMPenvironment[global]
>    \usetypescript[handwriting,map][lucida][texnansi]
>    \definefontsynonym[TitlePage-Bold][LucidaHandwriting-Italic]
>    %usetypescript[calligraphy,map][chancery][texnansi]
>    %definefontsynonym[TitlePage-Bold][Chancery]
>% ...
>
>comment out the lucida lines, and uncomment the chancery lines, and you
>should be in business for a full run!
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i'll upload a patched style,

Hans