I firmly disagree. Fd files are hard to read and even harder to create, the filenames therein are close to unreadable, texfont.pl is easier to use than fontinst, I consider packager-based silent font substitutions a major design mistake, Context currently cannot find LaTeX files anyway (in most distribs) and the two systems are not orthogonal to the same degree.
That said, it is not a lot of work to create a module that reads fd files (based on the LaTeX .fd reader, which is quite isolated from the rest of LaTeX). I just don't agree that it is a good idea to do so. On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:29:57 -0500 "Bruce D'Arcus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fair enough. The question is based on the observation that a) the > mechanisms in LaTeX and ConTeXt are AFAIK not all that different, and > b) most of the font installation tools and packages, both now and into > the future, are written for LaTeX. It opens up more possibilities if > ConTeXt can read .fd files. > > Perhaps something to come back to later on, along with adding support > for other font weights and such... > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
