Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font installation' section is opaque to me)

2024-04-19 Thread Alejandro Colomar
On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 12:36:39PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2024-04-19T19:34:19+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:33:39PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > B. afmtodit(1) must be run to produce a groff font description file > > > from the AFM fil

Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font installation' section is opaque to me)

2024-04-19 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2024-04-19T19:34:19+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:33:39PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > B. afmtodit(1) must be run to produce a groff font description file > > from the AFM file. > > BTW, what does 'dit' mean in afmtodit(1)? "ditroff". I'm not crazy

Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font installation' section is opaque to me)

2024-04-19 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Hi Branden, On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:33:39PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > B. afmtodit(1) must be run to produce a groff font description file > from the AFM file. BTW, what does 'dit' mean in afmtodit(1)? It seems like a very weird way to spell fdf. :) Cheers, Alex > > C. The

Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font installation' section is opaque to me)

2024-04-19 Thread Alejandro Colomar
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 04:43:49AM +0200, Jan Eden wrote: > > The process is explained in detail by Walter Alejandro Iglesias on the > > blog I referenced earlier[1], > > and he also provides a shell script > > (similar to Peter's explanation and script[2]). > > > > [1] https://technicallywewri

Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font installation' section is opaque to me)

2024-04-19 Thread Alejandro Colomar
On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 04:43:49AM +0200, Jan Eden wrote: > Hi Alejandro, Hi Jan, > On 2024-04-18 20:33, G. Branden Robinson wrote: [...] > > The process is explained in detail by Walter Alejandro Iglesias on the > blog I referenced earlier[1], I must have missed it. I don't find any mails fr

Re: A primer on font installation for groff (was: gropdf(1)'s 'Font installation' section is opaque to me)

2024-04-19 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Hi Branden, On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 08:33:39PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Alex, > > At 2024-04-19T00:29:37+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > While the above is interesting, I've already read similar explanations > > from you in related threads. However, I still have no clue of how t