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Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font inst


From: Alejandro Colomar
Subject: Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font installation' section is opaque to me)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:08:19 +0200

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 12:36:39PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2024-04-19T19:34:19+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:33:39PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > B.  afmtodit(1) must be run to produce a groff font description file
> > >     from the AFM file.
> > 
> > BTW, what does 'dit' mean in afmtodit(1)?
> 
> "ditroff".  I'm not crazy about this naming convention, but it long
> predates any contribution of mine to groff.

Thanks!  :)

> 
> afmtodit
> hpftodit
> tfmtodit
> 
> Regards,
> Branden



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