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Re: Behaviour of \latinfamily
- To: rebecca@astrid.u-net.com
- Subject: Re: Behaviour of \latinfamily
- From: Ulrik Vieth <vieth@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de>
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 11:30:45 +0200
- CC: fontinst@cogs.susx.ac.uk
- In-reply-to: <l03130306b19248922e17@[194.119.133.49]> (message from Rebeccaand Rowland on Thu, 28 May 1998 00:00:13 +0100)
> One question: this command \raw_encoding. It appears to be set to
> 8r, but the raw encoding of the average `foreign' fount you install
> for use with (La)TeX is 8a. 8r is called the TeXBase1 encoding.
> Can anyone explain the discrepancy?
I can't explain why, but fontinst.sty always uses \raw_encoding for 8r
and \adobe_encoding for 8a. Just accept it as such and don't bother
trying to understand it.
\def\raw_encoding{8r}
\def\adobe_encoding{8a}
\def\expert_encoding{8x}
Cheers, Ulrik.