latin.mtx vs. latinsc.mtx
Walter Schmidt
was@vr-web.de
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:04:32 +0100
Hi,
when installing Adobe Minion with expert fonts,
I noticed a strange behavior of the \latinfamily
command (fontinst 1.914):
The smallcaps VPLs had additional letterspacing,
despite using real smallcaps glyphs from the
expert fonts. See e.g.:
(CHARACTER D 120 (COMMENT Xsmall)
(CHARWD R 0.581)
(CHARHT R 0.446)
(MAP
(MOVERIGHT R 0.025)
(SETCHAR D 120) (COMMENT Xsmall)
(MOVERIGHT R 0.025)
)
The log file said, e.g.:
INFO> run \installfont <pmnrc9d><pmnr8r,pmnr8x,latin><T1cj><T1><pmnj><m><sc>
IMHO, latinsc.mtx should be used, as opposed to
latin.mtx, when there are real smallcaps in the
expert font.
I generated the same VPL using latinsc.mtx then:
\installfont{pmnrc9d}{pmnr8r,pmnr8x,latinsc}{T1cj}{T1}{pmnj}{m}{sc}{}
There was no more letterspacing, and the result
looked much better, indeed. Am I wrong here, or
is this a bug of the \latinfamily command?
Greetings
Walter