latin.mtx vs. latinsc.mtx

Walter Schmidt was@vr-web.de
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:04:32 +0100


Hi,

when installing Adobe Minion with expert fonts, 
I noticed a strange behavior of the \latinfamily 
command (fontinst 1.914):  

The smallcaps VPLs had additional letterspacing, 
despite using real smallcaps glyphs from the 
expert fonts.  See e.g.:

(CHARACTER D 120 (COMMENT Xsmall)
   (CHARWD R 0.581)
   (CHARHT R 0.446)
   (MAP
      (MOVERIGHT R 0.025)
      (SETCHAR D 120) (COMMENT Xsmall)
      (MOVERIGHT R 0.025)
      )

The log file said, e.g.:

INFO> run \installfont <pmnrc9d><pmnr8r,pmnr8x,latin><T1cj><T1><pmnj><m><sc>

IMHO, latinsc.mtx should be used, as opposed to 
latin.mtx, when there are real smallcaps in the 
expert font.  

I generated the same VPL using latinsc.mtx then:

\installfont{pmnrc9d}{pmnr8r,pmnr8x,latinsc}{T1cj}{T1}{pmnj}{m}{sc}{}

There was no more letterspacing, and the result 
looked much better, indeed.  Am I wrong here, or 
is this a bug of the \latinfamily command?

Greetings

Walter