[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: manual for ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/?
Besides the documentation mentioned by Rowland in his response, there
is some discussion of PostScript and TeX font metrics in
texlive3/texmf/doc/html/dvips/dvips_6.html#SEC65
A search at
http://www.adobe.com/cgi-bin/AT/AT-search.cgi
for "FONT METRIC FILES SPECIFICATION" turns up a number of documents.
The AFM specification can be found at
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/devrelations/devtechnotes/pdffiles/5004.afm_spec.pdf
It looks like Adobe has been converting their old PostScript files to
PDF, since the parallel ..../psfiles directory is almost empty.
Documentation on TeX .tfm files is in the two famous books, ``TeX: The
Program'' (Chapter 30), and ``Metafont: The Program'' (Chapter 45).
Under OS/2, there are .ofm font metric files, but perhaps their use is
fast waning.
At
http://partners.adobe.com/supportservice/devrelations/typeforum/tchntlist.html
I found this:
5178 Building PFM Files for PostScript-Language CJK Fonts (PDF: 148 KB
/ 44 pages) Specifies the PostScript-language extensions for CID-keyed
fonts that were added in PostScript version 2015. Describes additional
CIDFontTypes to those specified in the CID specfication.
However, the link to it leads to an non-existent file. You can find
it at
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/devrelations/devtechnotes/pdffiles/5178.PFM.pdf
On viewing it briefy, I find that it has a very clear description of
the .pfm file format.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 -
- Center for Scientific Computing FAX: +1 801 585 1640, +1 801 581 4148 -
- University of Utah Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu -
- Department of Mathematics, 322 INSCC beebe@acm.org -
- 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@ieee.org -
- Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe -
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------