[OS X TeX] Fwd: [pdftex] [CTAN] otftofd

[Ross Moore]

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     Ross


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> Thank you for the contribution,
> Jim Hefferon
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> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
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> Name of contribution: otftofd
> Author's name: Geoffrey Washburn
> Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/otftofd
> Summary description: otftofd is a script to help with the task of
>   generating a NFSS font description file and a map file from a
>   large collection of OpenType fonts.
> License type: gpl
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> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> otftofd is a script I wrote to help the task of generating a NFSS font
> description file and a map file from a large collection of OpenType
> fonts. In particular, when considering Adobe Pro Optical fonts, there
> is almost a combinatorial nightmare when attempting to create these
> files by hand.
>
> This software is still probably alpha quality and mostly designed
> specifically for Adobe font conventions. It currently has experimental
> support for generating swashed versions of a font and fonts consisting
> of ornaments. There is some preliminary support for selecting
> encodings, but it is far from complete. The tool has been mostly
> tested with the T1 Cork encoding. For more information about using
> the tool, invoke it with the --help option.
>
> otftofd is written in CaSH (Caml Shell) and additionally requires
> Eddie Kohler's excellent LCDF Typetools.
>
> ofttofd was originally called "adobe-font-tool", but at the
> suggestion of CTAN it was renamed to hopefully be more descriptive.
>
> otftofd is licensed under the FSF General Public License. Do not
> hesitate to send me bug reports or fixes, other improvements, or
> suggestions.  Contact me via e-mail at washburn at acm.org.
>
> There is a public, read-only, Subversion repository for otftofd at
> https://svn.cis.upenn.edu/svnroot/otftofd/.
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