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Re: [Groff] PS printing
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M Bianchi |
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Re: [Groff] PS printing |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:37:40 -0500 |
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 08:12:30PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > An approach is to do a groff release where the PS 3 fonts are there,
> > but not used by default, with a notice that in time (say in one
> > year) the default will change. Then in the next major release have
> > the PS 2 fonts there, but as a fall back for those who find the
> > change over too painful. Then in time (say 5 years) have the PS 2
> > fonts available from an archive for those who still can not or will
> > not change.
>
> Again a misunderstanding, I think. We are basically just changing the
> font metrics, nothing more. With `PS 2' and `PS 3' we mean the set of
> built-in standard fonts which come with PS level 2 and level 3
> printers. By no means we change the actual PS code level!
>
> The changes are probably not visible to most users, albeit there are
> subtle differences in metrics which might lead to different formatting
> (funny, isn't it? Adobe apparently isn't interested in layout
> stability). For reference I will retain the old metrics in a separate
> archive.
>
> What is visible to some users is that more glyphs will be available.
Yes, I misunderstood. It sounds like my concerns are addressed.
--
Mike Bianchi
- [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Michail Vidiassov, 2006/03/10
- [Groff] Re: PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Werner LEMBERG, 2006/03/10
- RE: [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Ted Harding, 2006/03/10
- Re: [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Werner LEMBERG, 2006/03/10
- Re: [Groff] PS printing, Michail Vidiassov, 2006/03/11
- Re: [Groff] PS printing, M Bianchi, 2006/03/11
- Re: [Groff] PS printing, Michail Vidiassov, 2006/03/11
- Re: [Groff] PS printing, M Bianchi, 2006/03/11
- Re: [Groff] PS printing, Werner LEMBERG, 2006/03/11
- Re: [Groff] PS printing,
M Bianchi <=
Re: [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Clarke Echols, 2006/03/10
Re: [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Miklos Somogyi, 2006/03/10
Re: [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Deri James, 2006/03/10
Re: [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', Greg 'groggy' Lehey, 2006/03/10
Re: [Groff] PS printing - was Re: `Idot' vs. `Idotaccent', m hobgood, 2006/03/10