Arash Esbati skrev 2016-05-12 11.07:
"Lars Hellström"<[email protected]> writes:
Arash Esbati skrev 2016-05-10 18.06:
Hi all,
I can't find a way to insert code into the last argument of
\DeclareFontShape in a .fd-file directly from a fontinst driver file.
[...]
Any hint, or am I missing the obvious?
No, you're not missing anything. Fontinst has an interface for putting
custom loading-settings in the \DeclareFontFamily declaration (last
argument of \installfamily), but not for putting such in individual
\DeclareFontShape declarations. Indeed, \fd_shape (which is
responsible for generating the \DeclareFontShape declarations) has
this sixth argument hardwired to being empty.
Thanks for your response and the clarification.
It's not too hard to implement---easiest would be to have a variant
macro \fd_shape_with_loadspec to be used instead of \fd_shape---but I
don't see an obvious user level interface for specifying the extra
information (\installfont already has a ton of arguments).
Do you have a use-case in mind, or was it just a matter of exploring
all options? In the former case, I would be interested to hear about
it.
I worte a small package AnonymousPro supporting the fonts with the
same name [1]. I was thinking about touching the package again and
add an option I saw provided by erewhon.sty [2]. It has an option
`space' to modify the interword spacing:
\DeclareOptionX{space}[1.2]{\DeclareRobustCommand{\erewhon@sf}{%
\fontdimen2\font=##1\fontdimen2\font}}
The command `\erewhon@sf' the is in the sixth argument of
\DeclareFontShape in the .fd files, e.g. [3]
\DeclareFontFamily{T1}{erewhon-OsF}{\providecommand{\erewhon@sf}{}}
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{erewhon-OsF}{m}{n}{
<-> \erewhon@@scale Erewhon-Regular-osf-t1
}{\erewhon@sf}
But if it's the same snippet of code for all fonts in the family, then you
can just put it in the \DeclareFontFamily argument instead:
\DeclareFontFamily{T1}{erewhon-OsF}{%
\providecommand{\erewhon@sf}{}\erewhon@sf
}
Slightly shortens your FD file. You only need to put it in the
\DeclareFontShape if some part of it is different for different fonts in the
family (e.g. the scaling of the fontdimen additionally is different for
different series, and the \erewhon@sf takes an argument that somehow adjusts
this).
Do you see a chance to implement something?
Yes, but not now; I'm quite swamped with work at the moment. :-(
Lars Hellström
If not, not a big deal,
there is still `sed'.
Best, Arash
Footnotes:
[1] https://www.ctan.org/pkg/anonymouspro
[2] https://www.ctan.org/pkg/erewhon
[3] http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/erewhon/tex/T1erewhon-OsF.fd
