Re: [pd@kubism.ku.dk: 8-bit fonts for TeX ?]

[Thomas B. Ridgeway <ridgeway@blackbox.hacc.washington.edu>]

Another solution to a similar problem may be viewed in the
character mapping and accent generation mechanisms in the wnri
(Washington Romanized Indic) family, currently quietly available
for testing and comment at
  blackbox.hacc.washington.edu  [128.95.200.1]
in directory pub/indic.

In summary, a separate small mapping file assigns values to characters
which are otherwise only known by symbolic names [this technique
was originally used in the CMCYR family].  
Symbolic names for characters with accents may be built up, and the
accented characters generated by recompiling slightly modified 
version(s) of romanl/u.  Only the characters which are assigned values
in the mapping file are generated, so if acute.a:=161 is found, but
there is no acute.m, then we get an \'a, but no \'m.

Please do not re-post or forward this notice to other lists or news-groups.
I am not yet ready to release this project to the email-generating
general public.

Tom

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