AMS/CM fonts in OpenType/CFF format

Tom Kacvinsky tkacvins at gmail.com
Sun Nov 14 19:40:55 CET 2021


On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 11:30 AM Tom Kacvinsky <tkacvins at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am pleased to announce the start of a project to convert the AMS/CM
> fonts in Type 1
> format to OpenType/CFF using Adobe's AFDKO.
>
> The public repository is here
>
> https://github.com/tkacvins/CM_OTF
>
> Feel free to add to it.  I can add contributors as necessary.
>
> What is needed is testing, in particular if the fonts are OK with the
> existing TFM files.
> I am not quite sure how to get the TeX Live tools to use OpenType fonts.
> In addition,
> there are some options/input files missing from my initial creation of the
> fonts that will
> be addressed later as I figure them out.
>
> Enjoy!  And please feel free to open issues (as necessary) on github and
> give feedback
> as to whether I did anything bone headed.
>

Ooops, the license needs to be taken care of.  The AMS license says all
derivative works
need to have the AMS license/copyright removed.  I am hoping that the AMS
approves
the distribution of the OTF flavors of their fonts with their copyright.
Thoughts?
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