Re: [Groff] Re: OTF fonts

[James Cloos]

>>>>> "Denis" == Denis M Wilson <address@hidden> writes:

Denis> 4b. Or keep the TYPE1 file and put name in devps/download
Denis>    (big output!).

Rather than use the type1 file here I'd use a type42 version of the
original ttf font.  I'd use ttftotype42(1) from the lcdf typetools at

http://www.lcdf.org/type/#typetools

Also, when using otf fonts, you can use cfftot1(1) from that same
package to create a type1 font to pass to afmtodit(1) and to include
in the postscript output.

(The type42 format is a pfa-like wrapping of a ttf which can be included
in a postscript stream just like a pfa type1 font can.)

I'd use something like:

ttf2pt1 -a -e DejaVuSansMono.ttf DejaVuSansMono
ttf2type42 -o DejaVuSansMono.t42 DejaVuSansMono.ttf

then run afmtodit on the resulting DejaVuSansMono.afm file and finally
I'd add:

DejaVuSansMono DejaVuSansMono.t42

to the download file in the devps directory.

Hmmm....

I see that the grops(1) man page suggests using ttftot42 from:

ftp://www.giga.or.at/pub/nih/ttftot42/

which can generate both the type42 file and the afm in one go.

-JimC
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