[bug #57506] Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device

URL: Summary: Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device Project: GNU troff Submitted by: barx Submitted on: Mon 30 Dec 2019 10:23:19 AM CST Category: Font devps

[bug #57506] Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #57506 (project groff): This bug dates to at least groff 1.02: commit 351da0dc, the oldest available in git, shows that both of these files (then in directory ps/devps) had the same slant values then that they have today. $ git show 351da0dc:ps/devps/TI | grep ^slant sl

[bug #57506] Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device

Update of bug #57506 (project groff): Status:None => Need Info Assigned to:None => gbranden ___ Follow-up Comment #2: It seems to me that t

[bug #57506] Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #57506 (project groff): > (4) Do we need to do something similar for the basic 14 PDF fonts? As part of install these are copied from the font/devps directory. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #57506] Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #57506 (project groff): You raise important questions, to which I don't know any answers. You demonstrate more font knowledge in comment #2 than I have in my entire brain. [comment #2 comment #2:] > (1) It's important to determine whether these files are purely > genera

[bug #57506] Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device

Update of bug #57506 (project groff): Severity: 3 - Normal => 2 - Minor ___ Follow-up Comment #5: [comment #4 comment #4:] > I wondered there (and haven't investigated any further to try to answer

[bug #57506] Erroneous "slant" value in Times italic font(s) for ps device

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #57506 (project groff): Huh, so RTFMing suggests this value might be "erroneous" on purpose. afmtodit(1) says: "the slant ("angle") parameter in the font description file...is used by _groff_ in the positioning of accents. By default _afmtodit_ uses the negative of the