[twg-tds] afm2pl and <texmf>/fonts/lig

[Hans Hagen]

At 00:40 08/02/2004, Thomas Esser wrote:
> >     This program uses *.lig files (+ a few more encoding vectors); is it
> >     possible to use/reserve <texmfroot>/fonts/lig/afm2pl for the lig files?
> >
> > Sounds sensible.  I'm cc-ing the twg-tds list to catch anyone who might
> > not be on tex-live.  Does anyone (on either list) have any comments or
> > objections to the proposed new fonts/lig directory?
>
>texmf/fonts/lig/<package> seems right to me.

indeed

>The obvious alternative texmf/afm2pl/lig seems to be wrong for two
>reasons:
>   - the information stored in these files is font-related
>   - other programs might want to make use of these files some day;
>     we should have learned our lesson from e.g. enc files

right, we need rigurous consistency otherwise we end up in a documentation mess

Hans


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