From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/61304 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Postscript Type1 fonts & MK IV Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:17:55 +0200 Message-ID: <4C7A09A3.7030209@elvenkind.com> References: <20100827231615.GB28544@s70206.gridserver.com> <4C78C92A.80708@wxs.nl> <20100829065038.GA1363@s70206.gridserver.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283066301 3442 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2010 07:18:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:18:21 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Aug 29 09:18:19 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Opc9j-0006XX-HO for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A44CA692; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id OKeXtT3GpDyj; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09ED0CA579; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D682CA579 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:13 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id oPL5EpSoovTY for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-til.mf.surf.net (filter3-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.219]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3C4CA56F for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by filter3-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o7T7I1AC019513 for ; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:01 +0200 Original-Received: from boo.fritz.box (boo.demon.nl [83.163.247.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7T7HuOW020654; Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:18:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from taco@elvenkind.com) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100809 Mandriva/3.1.2-3mdv2011.0 (2011.0) Thunderbird/3.1.2 In-Reply-To: <20100829065038.GA1363@s70206.gridserver.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=194.109.24.31; country=NL; region=07; city=Amsterdam; latitude=52.3500; longitude=4.9167; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.3500,4.9167&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0eD07i1yW - 3bb1b459d928 - 20100829 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.219 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:61304 Archived-At: On 08/29/2010 08:50 AM, John Magolske wrote: > > Is it inherently tricky to get Type1 PS Mac fonts working with ConTeXt > & luatex on Linux? It should not be. > Also, the SabonLT-Roman.afm file that came from Linotype has a section > titled "StartKernData", but .afm files generated using type1afm, > fontforge, font2afm, etc. have no kerning section. Would using such > .afm files cause sub-standard output with regard to kerning? Yes. If the pfb font versions match, you should be able use the afm from Linotype. > load afm> reading /home/john/.fonts/SomeMacintoshPSfont.afm Why the odd afm name? Is there a matching SomeMacintoshPSfont.pfb ? If there is, context cannot find it, and that is where this fatal message comes from: > Type1: Could not open Type1 font: (null)) ) Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________