[Fontinst] Problems in ot1i.etx and ot1j.etx

[Lars Hellström]

At 15.55 +0100 04-11-24, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>Hello!
>
>ot1i.etx starts early setting italicizing to 1. After the first if/else
>it reports the default is 0.

This is an RTFM (Subsection 4.1: Variables)! In fontinst, the first default
encountered is the one that takes effect.

>ot1j.etx is not a new encoding but an elder version of ot1.etx?

The setting

\setcommand\digit#1{#1oldstyle}

which is what makes ot1j.etx different from ot1.etx, causes a different set
of glyphs to be chosen for the digits.

>Since I
>am working with a modern version of fontinst should I better continue
>with ot1i.etx?

That's a different issue. What distinguishes ot1i.etx from ot1.etx is
explained in the beginning of the former. You typically need both.

Lars Hellström