Jens-Uwe Morawski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Hello Jens and others,

> some time ago Hans and me discussed how to make TS1 symbols available.
> I've never tried it but it sounds interesting since it is an unified
> way to access the symbols. For example for Palatino
>
>
> add to the typescripts
>
> \definefontsynonym [PalatinoSymbols] [<TS1-Font>]
> \definefontsynonym [PalatinoSymbolsBold] [<TS1-Bold-Font>]
>
> \definefontsynonym [SerifSymbols] [PalatinoSymbols]
> \definefontsynonym [SerifSymbolsBold] [PalatinoSymbolsBold]
>
> and define the symbols in a symbol-typescript
>
> \definesymbol[textregistered] [{\symbol[\currentencoding-registered]}]
> \definesymbol[ec-registered][\getglygh{SerifSymbols}{\char123}]
>
> this could add the capability that the LaTeX textcomp package provides

At a quick glance this would fail for example for the euro
sign/ec. (Not there in ec). Why not access the existing virtual fonts
or generate new ones if needed? (phvr8c.vf for example - let us not
fall back to the urw/adobe discussion yet :) 

Patrick

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