Behaviour of \latinfamily

[Ulrik Vieth]

> 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.