[XeTeX] Multiple Master Fonts

[Jonathan Kew]

On 30 Mar 2005, at 10:30 am, Will Robertson wrote:

> On 30 Mar 2005, at 5:53 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
>> On 29 Mar 2005, at 9:29 pm, Jonathan Nicholl wrote:
>>
>>> I've been trying to use Minion MM with xetex. It works to some 
>>> extent. I can get variations along the optical axis. However, the 
>>> other axes don't work properly. .....
>>
>> The ATSUI interface to the MM axes seems to use a different scale 
>> than you see when using Adobe MM applications
>
> I only just realised that Mac OS X could handle MM fonts! (But now 
> that I think of it I remember hearing about it back when 10.2 was 
> new.)
>
> What format do MM fonts need to be in to work in Mac OS X, and where 
> did you come across them? They're no longer for sale, right? :(

I have them in suitcase (FFIL) + classic Type 1 (LWFN) format, in the 
~/Library/Fonts folder just like any other fonts. Not sure if they 
could be repackaged in other forms---my guess is that if you had them 
in "enabled" suitcase form, from a GX installation, that would probably 
work too.

But in any case, they should probably be considered a historical 
curiosity. At some future point, they'll probably break, and it'll be 
hard to get anyone to take responsibility for fixing things.

Which is too bad. :-(

JK