[tex-live] Sanity-check comicsans directory structure
Bob Tennent
rdt at cs.queensu.ca
Wed Dec 18 15:35:58 CET 2013
>|> I suggest you ask for the package to be moved under fonts rather
>|> than latex/contrib. The fonts directory is for "fonts written in
>|> Metafont and support for using fonts from other sources".
>|
>|that is to say (if it says anything at all), the font tree's
>|description is out of date, and should be corrected. it would be mad
>|to declare we can't put type1/ttf/otf in there, as we have been for
>|quite some time
I left out "(e.g., those in Adobe Type 1 format)".
>|there's a continual tension (in my mind, at least) between what should
>|go to the fonts tree and what to m/l/c (or whatever). most of the time,
>|we don't have time to consider these philosophical issues, which means
>|the issues linger (and sometimes fester).
>|
>|there's a disincentive to clearing up these issues, since solving them
>|involves a *lot* of archive work. :-(
Maybe add a link from the fonts tree to the m/l/c
package? *And* from install/fonts/comicsans.tds.zip to
install/macros/latex/contrib.
Bob
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