[twg-tds] afm2pl and <texmf>/fonts/lig

[Karl Berry]

    I'd like to see it end up on tex live.

I expect it would be helpful if it had a standard configure/Makefile.

    This program uses *.lig files (+ a few more encoding vectors); is it 
    possible to use/reserve <texmfroot>/fonts/lig/afm2pl for the lig files?

Sounds sensible.  I'm cc-ing the twg-tds list to catch anyone who might
not be on tex-live.  Does anyone (on either list) have any comments or
objections to the proposed new fonts/lig directory?

(BTW, Hans (and maybe others), you might want to add yourself to
twg-tds.  http://www.tug.org/mailman/listinfo/twg-tds )



Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:36:07 +0100
From: Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl>
To: tex-live at tug.org
Subject: [tex-live] afm2pl 

Hi,

I'm currently experimenting with afm2pl as a replacement for afm2tfm. This 
program (by Siep Kroonenberg) is more clever with respect to missing glyphs 
and kerning and also supports letterspacing. It avoids virtual fonts. I'd 
like to see it end up on tex live.

This program uses *.lig files (+ a few more encoding vectors); is it 
possible to use/reserve <texmfroot>/fonts/lig/afm2pl for the lig files?