Open Type Fonts

[Christina Thiele]

Penny writes:
>
> Afternoon,
>
> Do the "newer" Adobe Open Type fonts, work with YandY TeX, and DVI window?
>
> Penny
>


I asked someone about this. Here's some additional info you may find
interesting, albeit still in the negative.

Ch.

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> OpenType fonts are supported by very few pieces of software so far.
> That includes the "majors" -- most browsers included. That was the
> consensus from the STIX alpha test, which attempted to determine
> this status.

> I believe there *are* tools that can extract Type 1 fonts from
> opentype fonts, but they're not for the inexperienced.

> Anyhow, the simple answer is "no", and it won't be "yes" without a
> lot of work. Ideally, DVIWINDO and DVIPSONE should probably be
> upgraded to handle OpenType fonts directly, but I think it's
> unrealistic to think it will happen soon.

> OpenType fonts appear to be the "future", but the support is still
> spotty and not entirely consistent.