Font help

Karl Berry karl at freefriends.org
Sat Oct 29 23:42:32 CEST 2022


    Kumba_symbols.tex:\font\rrmu=mtgu at 10pt

Can't guess, but if you look at the source and output to see what
characters are typeset in it, and know what "Kumba symbols" are, you
might be able to.

    P04_Zienk.sty:\font\tmb=tib at 15pt
ptmb8y
(Times Bold)

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\chapheadfont=TGB2 at 12pt%
    P04_Zienk.tex:%\font\chapfont=TGL at 22pt%
    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\authorfont=TGB at 14pt%
    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\affilfont=TGO at 10pt%
    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tocfont=TGB at 8pt%
    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\itemheadfont=TGB at 10pt%

As with the Kumba case, If you look at the chapter headings, authors,
etc., you (or a font identification site) should be able to discern what
"TGB" is. I can't guess that one, but I bet is something commonly used.

For purposes of getting the doc through TeX, you could just replace them
with, say, Computer Modern, even though the actual font used is clearly
something else. (For example: TGB => cmbx10, TGO = cmsl10)

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\zapfont=ZD at 2.75pt%
pzdr
(Zapf Dingbats)

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabfootfont=HVO at 7.5pt%
phvro8y
(Helvetica Oblique)

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabentriesfont=HV at 8.5pt%
phvr8y
(Helvetica)

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabcolheadfont=HVB at 8.5pt%
phvb8y
(Helvetica Bold)

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabcolheadsupfont=HVO at 5.7pt%
phvro8y

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\tabcolsubheadfont=HVBO at 8.5pt%
phvbo8y
(Helvetica Bold Oblique)

    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\titgr=hvmbi at 20pt
    P04_Zienk.tex:\font\higr=hvmbi at 13pt
Also phvbo8y.

Needless to say, I'm just guessing, and the fonts concerned are
certainly not 100% identical to what was used in the book, and things
may break depending on the input encoding(s) used, nor are these
necessarily the best choices, etc., etc.

But, as I say, for purposes of getting the doc through TeX with some
rough idea of what's going on, maybe the above will help. --best, karl.


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