[OS X TeX] TeX i-Package updated, Easy Mac font support for PDFTeX

[Gerben Wierda]

> Hi Gerben,
>
> thanks for this great update. Two questions though:
>
> - Although the documentation seems to be in the right place "texdoc
> gtamacfonts" does nothing for me. I get a "Can't find documentation
> for `gtamacfonts'"

The doc is in

/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/doc/fonts/gtamacfonts

If you get this reaction from texdoc, do you maybe have a different
installation also on your system (e.g. fink)? Have a look at your PATH or
check with

    which texdoc

to see which texdoc command is actually being used from the command line

G

> - Do I understand this correctly that we will never see support for
> stuff like microtype for this font, or is this maybe doable in the
> future?

Character protrusion is possible because that stretches/shrinks glue
between words and that is independent from the font itself. Font expansion
is not possible because that changes the font itself and that is not
supported with TTF fonts. I have no idea if it is possible in principle.

It would be nice if dvips had TTF support. I wonder is dvipdfmx has TTF
support. If it has, I could switch from dvips+distiller to dvipdfmx for
simpdftex.

I do not know the specifics of microtype but if you can call it with a
restriction to character protrusion, it should just work.

>
> Thanks again
>
> simon
>
>
> On 06.12.2005, at 09:16, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>> The TeX i-Package has been updated. It now contains support for
>> several Mac fonts using the gtamacfonts package. Both LaTeX and
>> ConTeXt are supported. Note: only PDFTeX (not TeX+dvips) is
>> supported. PS trickery like font expansion and pstricks is not
>> supported. This is all because of the formats of the fonts (truetype).
>>
>> Apple ships the fonts packed in socalled "font suit cases". PDFTeX
>> can only use the fonts unpacked. To unpack them a tool called fondu
>> can be used. There is an i-Package for fondu. If fondu is installed
>> *before* TeX is installed, the TeX i-Package will automatically
>> unpack the Mac fonts in the right TeX directory. Note that
>> distributing the Apple fonts (packed or unpacked) is a breach of
>> copyright, hence I do not distribute the fonts and nor should you.
>>
>> After installing fondu and TeX, you can us it like this:
>>
>> To use these fonts with LaTeX, put e.g. the following in your file:
>>
>> 	\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>> 	\usepackage{gtamachoefler}
>>
>> Such a style file will make Hoefler Text the serif (roman) text
>> font and Gill Sans the sans serif font. The following basic styles
>> are available:
>> 	gtamacbaskerville.sty
>> 	gtamacdidot.sty
>> 	gtamacgeorgia.sty
>> 	gtamachoefler.sty
>>
>> There are more. See the manual for details. For the same effect
>> using ConTeXt, enter e.g.:
>>
>> 	\usetypescriptfile[type-gtamacfonts]
>> 	\usetypescript[Hoefler][ec]
>> 	\setupbodyfont[Hoefler,12pt]
>>
>> Support for ConTeXt is better than support for LaTeX for the simple
>> reason that ConTeXt is more powerful.
>>
>> Example documents and a manual can be found in the texmf.gwtex/doc/
>> fonts/gtamacfonts subdirectory. To get the manual you can type
>> "texdoc gtamacfonts" in a Terminal window. Also check out "texdoc
>> GTAHoeflerSymbols" in a Terminal window.
>>
>> G
>>
>> PS. I expect to do one more update with this with some changes to
>> the manual and such, but nothing fundamental.
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