[pdftex] Support for the integration of OpenType in pdfTeX

Georg Verweyen verweyen at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 09:04:47 CEST 2005


Reinhard Kotucha schrieb:

>Type1 is quite matured, it's good that Adobe treats Type1 like Knuth
>treats TeX.
>  
>
Well, Knuth didn't stop the distribution of TeX, did he?

Phinney writes:
 > So our current plan is that no later than when Windows Vista ships 
(late 2006?),
 > Adobe will stop retail licensing of Type 1 fonts for Mac and Windows.
 > This is subject to review and change based on market conditions, but 
it's our
 > current best estimate.

This doesn't mean there are no longer Type1 fonts sold, but maybe it's 
the time to change.

>But if you see how pdfTeX evolved the last few months, you can be
>quite optimistic.
>  
>
Thanks!

Regards, Georg



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