[tex-live] Include type1 package for Garamond fonts

Martin Schröder martin at oneiros.de
Tue Feb 23 18:22:06 CET 2010


2010/2/23 Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>:
>  > Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
>  > > Someone already asked before.  These fonts are modified versions of
>  > > the original URW GaramondNo8 available by getnonfreefonts, but neither
>  > > /FontName was changed, nor the /UniqueID, nor font filenames.  This
>  > > will definitely clash with the original fonts.
> Yes, I contacted Gael Varoquaux and he told me:
>
>  > The situation with these fonts is that I did them at the request of
>  > a friend, years ago, and then put them on Internet. I have not
>  > modified them at all in all these years, and my knowledge of the
>  > details of LaTeX fonts has dwindled away. By now modifying anything
>  > would require me to relearn how to do it, and I don't have time.
>
> Doesn't sound promising.

The changes to suggest (/UniqueID etc.) are trivial with FontForge.
Surely that's not the problem?

Best
    Martin



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