[pdftex] Open type fonts

[William Adams]

kester asked:
>Does anyone know of a means of accessing the open type fonts,  for
example
>those bundled with Win 2000.

There's mention of this in the pdftex manual---however, it's bogged down
by the TeX 256 character font limit.

>Is there a way linux users can access 'rich'
>fonts, like Hoefler text that come with Macs?

QuickDraw/GX fonts worked in TeX/GX, but nothing else has worked towards
this AFAIK. I've posted a couple of times suggesting a TeX/GX-like
strategy for doing this, but this has evoked little interest. Hoefler
Text is problematical though 'cause the Mac license for it is rather
restrictive. I use Hoefler Text, Apple Chancery, Skia and Zapfino
therein---mostly just testing, haven't registered the shareware yet.
It's kind of awkward though 'cause it only runs in Mac OS 7.5 -- 7.6.1
(tip: use Basilisk if you've the license for a Mac ROM)

You can however purchase an Adobe Type 1 version of the eponymous
Hoefler Text from the designer, Jonathan Hoefler, www.typography.com and
install that using FontInst (assuming its one of the fonts which he's
released without a copy protection scheme), modulo the above-mentioned
character limit.

William



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