Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.4F72045C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:42:15 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4F72045C" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil t nil nil t nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil "^From:" nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 x-vm-vheader: ("From:" "Sender:" "Resent-From" "To:" "Apparently-To:" "Cc:" "Subject:" "Date:" "Resent-Date:") nil x-vm-bookmark: 1 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: nfss release 2 prototype Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1991 12:32:01 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Frank Mittelbach" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 469 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4F72045C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I spend the last two days on implementing a first draft of release 2 of the font selection scheme. Ideas for this are by now about one year old. It is about scalable fonts, something that was missing in NFSS so far. First suggestions for a syntax as well as the first implementation have been done by Mark Purtill, without his work there wouldn't be an implementation today. Starting from this work I wrote a paper about a possible syntax for release 2 in May and after that \ldots. Additional thoughts from Rainer and Chris about math fonts were written down in Paris (lux.tex). Now I found the time to implement parts of it and will send you the stuff for testing in a separate message. This is only a draft, so comments on the syntax, missing and/or unnecessary features etc. are much more important then bug reports. (Well, I hope there aren't that many bugs in it but I didn't test the stuff and it isn't optimized, just programmed to run :-) I think that those of you that deal with postscript fonts will get something to test here, but of course all are invited. Still open (and not implemented) is the question of math, take you're time on this, it's a difficult area. I'm happy to get this out before Christmas and hope to get a definite syntax in march or so. Merry Christmas and a happy new year Frank P.S. In separate messages you will get: lux.tex (the paris paper) tracefnt.uue which contains the file tracefn2.sty and the paper nfsssc.tex and a small test file test.tex. The nfsssc paper contain the syntax description for font shape definitions and an description of the used algorithm. It also contains comments on the prototype implementation as well as some further thoughts about math and other topics open for release 2. lux.tex is the follow up paper as far as math is concerned. You can just add tracefn2 as a style option to test the stuff. It will run with old fontdef files as well (as long as you have only numbers between the <...>) ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4F72045C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable nfss release 2 prototype

Hello,

I spend the last two days on implementing a first = draft of release 2
of the font selection scheme. Ideas for this are by = now about one year
old. It is about scalable fonts, something that was = missing in NFSS so
far.

First suggestions for a syntax as well as the first = implementation
have been done by Mark Purtill, without his work = there wouldn't be an
implementation today. Starting from this work I wrote = a
paper about a possible syntax for release 2 in May = and after that
\ldots.  Additional thoughts from Rainer and = Chris about math fonts
were written down in Paris (lux.tex).

Now I found the time to implement parts of it and will = send you the
stuff for testing in a separate message. This is only = a draft, so
comments on the syntax, missing and/or unnecessary = features etc. are
much more important then bug reports. (Well, I hope = there aren't that
many bugs in it but I didn't test the stuff and it = isn't optimized,
just programmed to run :-)

I think that those of you that deal with postscript = fonts will get
something to test here, but of course all are = invited.
Still open (and not implemented) is the question of = math, take you're
time on this, it's a difficult area.

I'm happy to get this out before Christmas and hope to = get a definite
syntax  in march or so.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

Frank


P.S. In  separate messages you will get:

  = lux.tex        (the paris = paper)
  tracefnt.uue   which contains the = file tracefn2.sty and the paper
          &nbs= p;      nfsssc.tex and a small test file = test.tex.

The nfsssc paper contain the syntax description = for  font shape
definitions and an description of the used algorithm. = It also contains
comments on the prototype implementation as well as = some further
thoughts about math and other topics open for release = 2.
lux.tex is the follow up paper as far as math is = concerned.
You can just add tracefn2 as a style option to test = the stuff. It will
run with old fontdef files as well (as long as you = have only numbers
between the <...>)


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