Re: OpenType in ConTeXt

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Pascal de Bruijn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 19:54 +0200, Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
>>> Why should I use otfinstall instead of texfont, besides the fact that
>>> texfont doesn't work?
>>   Do you really need another reason? Have you tried otfinst? The point
>> of all these scripts is to make your life easier in generating metrics,
>> auxiliary fonts and map files; if you tear yourself with questions
>> before trying them much of their interest is lost on you.
> 
> You're right. I'm just a curious person. I considerd texfont to be an
> 'official' tool, and I'd like to learn/stick to official stuff whenever
> possible (at least as long as that doesn't involve me losing my sanity).
> 
>>>                       Is texfont incomplete?
>>   I have no idea; but at any rate it belongs to a clearly “older”
>> generation of scripts. The latest available version has
>> “version=2004.02.06” in the documentation part, and even without that
>> you can spot it quite easily since it belongs to Hans' Perl period ;-)
> 
> I didn't know Hans' had a Perl period... I guess that period has passed
> now... 2004 has been a while...

well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type i use 
luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, mkiv also uses afm 
files instead of tfm when available, so texfont is not needed any more)

Hans

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