Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.944C416C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:11 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.944C416C" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Sebastian is right, as usual (was: NFSS2 alpha comments) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1992 21:07:00 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Don Hosek" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 522 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.944C416C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -Don writes: - - Not that it's necessarily practical but it is possible to check - the availability of a TFM file from TeX: - - Switch to \batchmode - - Attempt to load the font - - If the font is not available, \meaning\fontname expands to - "select font nullfont" -I didn't think of that. Still, there is the problem, that for a random -font name TeX might still produce an error while scanning it. Example: = If -"\font\xyz=3Dcmr15.28 " is generated what will the run-of-the-mill TeX -implementation do? Try to load cmr15 (at least for emTeX, PCTeX and VMSTeX) and print ".28". The dc convention is to use cmr15p28 for this but my main reason for wanting design sizes was so that we could use the normal set of type sizes. -But this leads us too far... -dh ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.944C416C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Sebastian is right, as usual (was: NFSS2 alpha = comments)

-Don writes:
-
-   Not that it's necessarily practical but = it is possible to check
-   the availability of a TFM file from = TeX:

-   - Switch to \batchmode
-   - Attempt to load the font
-   - If the font is not available, = \meaning\fontname expands to
-     "select font = nullfont"

-I didn't think of that. Still, there is the problem, = that for a random
-font name TeX might still produce an error while = scanning it. Example: If
-"\font\xyz=3Dcmr15.28 " is generated what = will the run-of-the-mill TeX
-implementation do?

Try to load cmr15 (at least for emTeX, PCTeX and = VMSTeX) and
print ".28". The dc convention is to use = cmr15p28 for this but my
main reason for wanting design sizes was so that we = could use the
normal set of type sizes.

-But this leads us too far...

-dh

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