[Fontinst] Alternate Help Req.

[Adrian Heathcote]

Sorry to be learning publicly like this, but I realised that Alan H. 
intends that one name the raw alternate afm files padr8l and padri8l. 
On the assumption that that is so, I renamed the files. Now fontinst 
chokes on a definition in the ot1padl.etx file. Here it is below.

\setslot{alternatechar{ampersand}}\endsetslot
\setslot{ornament1}\endsetslot
\setslot{ornament2}\endsetslot
\setslot{Qalt}\endsetslot
\setslot{aswash}\endsetslot
\setslot{ct}\endsetslot
\setslot{esawsh}\endsetslot
\setslot{nswash}\endsetslot
\setslot{rswash}\endsetslot
\setslot{st}\endsetslot
\setslot{tswash\endsetslot
\setslot{tswashalt}\endsetslot
\setslot{vswash}\endsetslot
\setslot{zswash}\endsetslot
\setslot{boundarychar}
\atstartofword{Q}{Qalt}
\atstartofword{v}{vswash}
\endsetslot

\endencoding
\end{document}



I can't see what is wrong here

yrs

Adrian Heathcote

On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 06:30  PM, Adrian Heathcote wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Just an update on this: I tried pulling down the tfm files padr7t and 
> padri7t from Ctan and converted them to .pl files. I fed these into 
> fontinst's search path and in no longer indiates that those files are 
> missing. But now it indicates that padr8l and padri8l are missing. The 
> strange thing is that Alan H. does not mention these files until he 
> gives the install file, so there is no indication where these files 
> might come from. I'm mystified.
>
> So---any advice still gratefully received.
>
> Adrian H.
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 05:31  PM, Adrian Heathcote wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm trying to follow Alan Honig's recipe for the installation of the 
>> Alternate Garamond glyps---as per pp. 221--6. (The swash figures, > 
>> etc.)
>>
>> I've reproduced his padalt.mtx and ot1padl.etx and put them where 
>> they should be. I've made up an installation file as follows (again 
>> following the instructions in the book).
>> \input fontinst.sty
>>
>> \installfonts
>> \installfamily{OT1}{pad}{}
>> \installfont{padr7l}
>> {padr7t,padr8l,latin,padalt}{ot1padl}{OT1}{pad}{m}{ar}{}
>> \installfont{padri7l}
>> {padri7t,padri8l,latin,padalt}{ot1padl}{OT1}{pad}{m}{ai}{}
>> \endinstallfonts
>> \bye
>>
>> However, it will not process. I get `No file fontinst.rc.' in the log 
>> file.
>>
>> Also `I can't find file ``padr7t.mtx'''.
>>
>> Nor can I. (I had just done a run of the standard Agaramond, so the 
>> current directory had all of the standard mtx and pl files present.)
>>
>> My guess is that the version of fontinst that I am using (1.8) has 
>> changed something from Alan's day but what has gone wrong I cannot 
>> guess.
>>
>> Any help *very* gratefully received. This is my first attempt at the 
>> 'power user' end of fontinst.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Adrian Heathcote
>>
>>
>>
>>
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