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Date:         Tue, 15 Mar 1994 18:20:09 +0100
From: Peter Dalgaard SFE <pd@KUBISM.KU.DK>
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Subject:      Re: CM <== DM etc
Status: R

> CM <== DM etc
>
> The DM fonts and Zlatushka's are downward compatible with the
> huge population of CM fonts, provided one uses suitable accent
> administration macros (Caesar macros). format-dumper takes care
> of that: see /pub/TeX/format-dumper-cm.dir.  (No hassle
> then with math, the upright Greek caps are all there.)

I.e. the lower part is CM and the upper is the accented char part of
ISO-Latin1 (Not DC: ydieraesis and eszet are in their normal places)

This is almost exactly the kind of 256-char extension I wanted when TeX
went 8-bit. However, now that the Cork (T1) encoding is becoming standard,
my gut reaction is "Oh no, *another* encoding 'standard'". Comments?
Will the "TeX community" want to support it? Construct a VDC font
series instead?

I don't quite get the Caesar macro bit: Why not just type 'em in directly
in your favourite 8-bit clean editor? I do that with DC fonts all the time.

        Peter Dalgaard