[OS X TeX] Proposal on Fonts (was Re: Fonts &c.)

[Adrian Heathcote]

Bruce

My suggestion would be for someone to try to hack and adapt Hoenig's 
VFiinstall which is on CTAN. This seems to do everything that one would 
want from a font installer---it was written for, and tested on UNIX, but 
has not been tested on Mac. Moreover it can incorporate expert fonts so 
that one would have a full and genuine alternative to Times and Lucida.

If anyone wants the manual for it I can send it to them.

Adrian Heathcote


On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 12:02 PM, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

> On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 10:31  AM, mark wrote:
>
>> Been quietly following this thread. Interesting.
>>
>> Could we maybe get on to Apple about some of these font issues.
>> I'd like to use some of the pre-installed OS X fonts in my TeX
>> work (e.g. Optima and Gill Sans). Maybe Apple's licensing of the
>> fonts means that they could also supply the fonts in the forms we
>> need for TeX work. Anybody know ?
>>
>> mark.
>
> I've been talking with William and Gerben off-list about an idea I had.
>
> Why not use Gerben's new installer to kill two font-related birds with 
> one stone?
>
> 1)  make the advanced OS X fonts (Hoefler, Zapfino, etc.) available for 
> use in TeX
>
> and
>
> 2)  allow for easy installation of other fonts (like the Adobe Type 1 
> fonts, for which there are packages floating around, but for which even 
> this is an intimidating installation process for many...like me!)
>
> It seems this is feasible, though Gerben indicated he'd need someone 
> thoroughly familiar with fonts to write the scripts necessary.  Anyone 
> interested?
>
> Bruce
>
>
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