Philipp Lehman writes: > I've placed `ttf2tex.tar.gz' in the incoming directory of the CTAN UK > node. This is my final update for obsolete/support/ttf2tex. Please > purge the old files and install the new ones. Thank you. > > END-OF-LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT > > As of September 30, 2004, ttf2tex is no longer maintained or in any > way supported by its original author. Active development of the > script has in fact already stopped in September 2002. Be advised > that, even though ttf2tex may still work, there is no support in > case of a problem and there will be no further updates. > > This is my farewell to ttf2tex. I hope it has been useful. > > ttf2tex is free software released under the GNU GPL. If anyone is > interested in working on the script, feel free to do so. It may be a > good idea to notify the CTAN staff in this case in order to avoid > conflicting efforts. > > ABOUT > > ttf2tex is a script for the Bash shell which generates all files > required to use TrueType fonts from a set of .ttf files. In short, > it will do for TrueType fonts what fontinst's \latinfamily command > does for Type 1 Postscript fonts. In addition to that, it creates > map files and installs all files according to the TeX Directory > Structure. > > CHANGES > > This release includes all previously unreleased patches until the > latest one from September 30, 2004; hence the release date and the > retroactive EOL announcement. There have been some minor updates to > the user manual as well. The LaTeX source of the manual is included > in this release and there is now a configuration file.
thank you very much for this upload: i've updated the catalogue to make the status of the package entirely clear, and installed the replacement files as you requested. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team _______________________________________________ Ctan-ann mailing list Ctan-ann@dante.de https://lists.dante.de/mailman/listinfo/ctan-ann
