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Re: .fd file names from fontinst
- To: Paul Walker <pentode!paul@uugw.hifn.com>
- Subject: Re: .fd file names from fontinst
- From: Alan Jeffrey <ajeffrey@cs.depaul.edu>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 09:26:50 -0600
- CC: fontinst@cogs.susx.ac.uk
- Organization: DePaul University
- Sender: ajeffrey@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de
The naming of .fd files is a subject of much debate...
The .fd files on CTAN use the ISO 9660 file format, so they can be put
on CD-ROMs which run on pretty much anything. ISO 9660 mandates
lower-case-only 8+3 filenames.
Fontinst itself generates mixed-case names.
Alan.
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