On 22 Mar 2005, at 20:40, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Now it works. Very nice and clear ways to get it.
But both goodies don't work with OSX's Helvetica.dfont
If you try it with the .ttf you'll get:
Error: pdfetex (file Helvetica.ttf): can't find table `OS/2'
== Fatal error occurred, the output PDF
Adam Lindsay wrote:
On 22 Mar 2005, at 16:14, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Your result looks promising - but duplicating your way showed me my
command line limits:
$ afm2pl -p `kpsewhich texnansi.enc` HelveticaNeue.afm
afm2pl: fatal: default.lig not found.
Yeah, Gerben doesn't include that file that
Hi Adam,
Adam Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd also ask why, if you have the superior Helvetica Neue working,
you're trying to get the plain, no-oblique Helvetica going as well. I
see it like the difference between LM and the original CM conversion...
the later interpretation is far
Hallo Steffen,
On 22 Mar 2005, at 12:03, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
I'd also ask why, if you have the superior Helvetica Neue working,
you're trying to get the plain, no-oblique Helvetica going as well. I
Yes it is, of course!
But by using HelveticaNeue as is, there is no kerning information
Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
But by using HelveticaNeue as is, there is no kerning information
included. The result is quite poor, as you can imagine. And as I
don't know how to set a proper kerning (in reasonable time) AND how
to get it available in ConTeXt I see no other alternative than using
On 22 Mar 2005, at 14:54, Ulrich Dirr wrote:
I'm really wondering why there's no kerning. (Maybe I missed something
of
the previous discussion) Probably you should check the version numbers
of
the pfb and then take the original AFMs from Adobe/Linotype.
Short answer (from what I can tell),
Hi Adam,
Adam Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, it was trickier than I thought.
But I used the .afm obtained from FontForge conversion, and discarded
the .pfb.
afm2pl -p `kpsewhich texnansi.enc` HelveticaNeue.afm
pltotf HelveticaNeue
Because I'm impatient, and wanted a quick test:
On 22 Mar 2005, at 16:14, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Your result looks promising - but duplicating your way showed me my
command line limits:
$ afm2pl -p `kpsewhich texnansi.enc` HelveticaNeue.afm
afm2pl: fatal: default.lig not found.
Yeah, Gerben doesn't include that file that afm2pl expects. A
Hallo Adam,
Adam Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...which I copied to the working directory. It should be included in
gwTeX.
Running the command above should do it.
$ pltotf HelveticaNeue
pltotf: HelveticaNeue.pl: No such file or directory
The fatal error above didn't generate a .pl file,
