Surviving the TEX font encoding mess

Understanding the world of TEX fonts

and mastering the basics of fontinst

Ulrik Vieth · Taco Hoekwater

EuroTEX ’99 · Heidelberg

 FAMOUS QUOTE:
English is useful because it is a mess. Since English is a mess,
it maps well onto the problem space, which is also a mess,
which we call reality. Similary, Perl was designed to be a mess,
though in the nicests of all possible ways.
— LARRY WALL

COROLLARY:
TEX fonts are mess, as they are a product of reality.
Similary, fontinst is a mess, not necessarily by design,
but because it has to cope with the mess we call reality.
Contents

I Overview of TEX font technology

II Installation TEX fonts with fontinst
III Overview of math fonts

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I Overview of TEX font technology

• What is a font? What is a virtual font?

• Font file formats and conversion utilities
• Font attributes and classifications
• Font selection schemes
• Font naming schemes
• Font encodings
• What’s in a standard font? What’s in an expert font?
• Font installation considerations
• Why the need for reencoding?
• Which raw font encoding to use?
• What’s needed to set up fonts for use with TEX?

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What is a font?

• in technical terms:
– fonts have many different representations depending on the point of view
– TEX typesetter: fonts metrics (TFM) and nothing else
– DVI driver: virtual fonts (VF), bitmaps fonts(PK), outline fonts (PFA/PFB or TTF)
– PostScript: Type 1 (outlines), Type 3 (anything), Type 42 fonts (embedded TTF)
• in general terms:
– fonts are collections of glyphs (characters, symbols) of a particular design
– fonts are organized into families, series and individual shapes
– glyphs may be accessed either by character code or by symbolic names
– encoding of glyphs may be fixed or controllable by encoding vectors
• font information consists of:
– metric information (glyph metrics and global parameters)
– some representation of glyph shapes (bitmaps or outlines)

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What is a font . . . from the point of view of TEX?

• a font is described only by its metric information stored in TFM files

– glyph metrics are accessed by font position, i.e. by character code
– font encodings are fixed (font-specific), not changeable
– mapping between glyphs and character codes happens at the macro level
– macro packages need to know about font encodings and naming schemes
• font metric information consist of global and per-glyph information:
– FAMILY and CODINGSCHEME parameters (not accessible from TEX)
– global \fontdimen parameters (space, stretch, shrink, quad, etc.)
– ligature and kerning table (interaction between glyphs)
– glyph dimensions (width, height, depth, italic corrections)
• technical limitations of TFM format:
– only 16 different heights or depths, 256 different widths
– only 16 families of math fonts (16×256 = 4096 math symbols)

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What is a font . . . from the point of view of a DVI driver?

• a font is a file that contains a representation of glyph shapes

– traditional approach: TEX-specific bitmap fonts stored in PK files
– more modern approach: outline fonts (PostScript or TrueType)
• for bitmap fonts:
– glyph shapes are represented as bitmaps of black and white pixels
– glyph bitmaps are generated for specific resolutions and magnifications
– glyph bitmaps are accessed by font position, i.e. by character code
– font encodings are fixed (font-specific), not changeable
• for outline fonts:
– printer-resident fonts or system fonts can be accessed directly
– non-resident fonts have to be downloaded to the output file or device
– processing and reencoding is left to the PostScript interpreter
– rendering of outlines to pixels is left to the PostScript renderer

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What is a font . . . from the point of view of PostScript?

• a font is a file that consists of programs to draw outlines of glyph shapes

– glyph programs are stored in an encoded format in PFA/PFB files
– glyph programs are accessed by symbolic names, such as /germandbls
– mapping between glyphs and character codes by encoding vectors
– outlines may be scaled or transformed (slanted, extended) as needed
• font encoding may be changed by encoding vectors: reencoding
– glyphs may be hidden away from an encoding vector (unencoded glyphs)
– glyphs may appear multiple times in an encoding vector
• font encodings used by default:
– Standard encoding hides away 79 out of 228 standard characters
– Expert encoding (subset) contains 165 (or 86) extra characters
– reencoding is necessary to gain access to all glyphs in standard fonts

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What is a virtual font?

• virtual fonts consist of metrics (TFM) and typesetting instructions (VF)

– virtual fonts appear like normal fonts from the point of view of TEX
– virtual fonts are interpreted by DVI drivers (or the pdfTEX back-end)
• typical applications of virtual fonts:
– reordering glyphs from a single font: remapping (not reencoding !)
– combining glyphs from multiple raw fonts in a single font
– faking unavailable glyphs by combining multiple glyphs
– faking unavailable font shapes using transformed versions
• specific applications of virtual fonts:
– adding ff-ligatures from expert fonts to standard fonts
– adding small caps or old style figures to standard fonts
– putting accent glyphs on top of unaccented letters
– faking small caps by scaling and letterspacing

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Font file formats

• traditional METAFONT bitmap fonts:

– TFM, PL: TEX font metrics (binary format), property lists (textual format)
– VF, VPL: virtual fonts (binary format), virtual property lists (textual format)
– GF, PK: generic fonts, packed fonts (bitmap formats)
• PostScript Type 1 outline fonts:
– AFM: Adobe font metrics (textual format)
– PFM: printer font metrics (binary format)
– PFA: printer font ASCII (encoded glyph programs in textual format)
– PFB: printer font binary (encoded glyph programs in binary format)
• TrueType outline fonts:
– TTF: TrueType font (includes both metrics and glyph programs)
– T42: Type 42 font, TrueType font embedded in PostScript wrapper

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Font conversion utilities

• TEXware / METAFONTware utilities:

– tftopl, pltotf: convert TFM to PL and back
– vftovp, vptovf: convert VF/TFM to VPL and back
– gftopk, pktogf: convert GF to PK and back
• PostScript utilities:
– afm2tfm (included with dvips): convert (and reencode) AFM to TFM
– gsf2pk (included with xdvi): render PFA or PFB fonts to PK
– t1binary, t1ascii (from t1utils): convert PFA to PFB and back
– t1disasm, t1asm (from t1utils): decode or encode PFA or PFB
• TrueType utilities:
– ttf2afm (included with pdftex): generate AFM for TTF fonts
– FreeType project: ttf2tfm, ttf2pk, ttf2pfb, etc.
• fontinst [to be discussed later]

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Font attributes and classifications

• fonts may be described by the following font attributes:

– family typeface name
– series combination of weight and width
– weight regular, bold, semibold, light, demi, book, medium, black, etc.
– width normal, condensed, compressed, extended, expanded, etc.
– shape normal (upright), slanted (oblique), italic
– variant small caps, old style figures
– glyph set standard, expert, alternate, swash, etc.
– encoding [to be discussed later]
• font attributes are reflected in font names:
– PostScript font names, e.g. Minion-SemiboldItalicSC
– Berry font naming scheme, e.g. pmnsic8a, pmnsic8r, pmnsic8t
– LATEX font selection scheme, e.g. \usefont{T1}{pmn}{sb}{scit}

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Font selection schemes

• traditional plain TEX font selection scheme:

– specific font commands (\tenrm) are used to access specific fonts (cmr10)
– generic font commands (\rm) are mapped to specific commands (\tenrm)
– font commands select combinations of family, series, shape and size
• LATEX 2ε font selection scheme:
– mapping of font commands to files through *.fd files (font definitions)
– font attributes (encoding, family, series, shape) are decoupled
– \usefont command selects specific combinations of font attributes:
e.g. \fontsize{10}{12}\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}
– generic font commands select or switch font attributes independently:
e.g. \fontfamily{cmr}, \fontseries{m}, \fontshape{n}
e.g. \rmfamily, \mdseries, \upshape
– font attributes may be substituted by default values:
e.g. \rmdefault, \seriesdefault, \shapedefault
– font changes take effect only after \selectfont command

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Font naming schemes

• PostScript font names are given in verbose format (32 chars) like this:
FamilySupplier-SeriesShapeVariant
• PostScript fonts are named according to vendor-specific naming schemes
• TEX fonts are named according to Karl Berry’s font name scheme like this:
S FF W [V] EE [W] [DD]
• How the Berry font name scheme is composed:
S: supplier, FF: family, W: weight, V: variants (as needed),
EE: encoding, W width (if any), DD: design size (if any)
• Problems of the Berry font name scheme:
– designed to be compatible with 8+3 file systems (more or less)
– limited to no more than 26 suppliers and 26×36 families
– all meaningful supplier and family codes are already taken
– no one-to-one mapping of weights onto LATEX font selection codes
– distinction between shapes, design and encoding variants is messy

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Decoding the Berry font naming scheme (I)

some supplier codes: some family codes: more family codes:

a Autologic a1 Arial lc Lucida
b Bitstream ac Adobe Caslon lh Lucida Bright
c Compugraphic ad Adobe Garamond ls Lucida Sans
d DTC ag AvantGarde lx Lucida Fax
e Apple bb Bembo mn Minion
f ‘free’ / public bd Bodoni my Myriad
g GNU bk Bookman nb New Baskerville
h Bigelow & Holmes bv Baskerville nc New Century Schoolbook
i ITC ca Caslon ns Times New Roman PS
j Microsoft ch Charter nt Times New Roman
k Softkey cr Courier op Optima
l Linotype dt Dante pi ‘Pi’ fonts (symbols)
m Monotype fr Frutiger pl Palatino
n IBM fu Futura sb Sabon
o Corel gl Galliard sy Symbol
p Adobe gm Garamond un Univers
r ‘raw’ (obsolete) gs Gill Sans ut Utopia
s Sun gv Giovanni tm Times
t Paragraph gy Goudy zc Zapf Chancery
u URW hv Helvetica zd Zapf Dingbats
w Wolfram
z bizarre

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Decoding the Berry font naming scheme (II)

some weight codes: some variant codes: some encodings:

l light a alternate 8a Adobe standard encoding
r regular d display, titling 8x Adobe expert encoding
k book f fraktur, handtooled
m medium j oldstyle digits 8r TeXBase1Encoding
d demi n informal, casual 8y TeXnAnsiEncoding (LY1)
s semibold p ornaments
b bold s sans serif 7t 7-bit TEX text (OT1)
c black t typewriter 7m 7-bit math letters (OML)
w script, handwriting 7y 7-bit math symbols (OMS)
some width codes:
x expert 7v 7-bit math extension (OMX)
c condensed
p compressed some shape codes:
8t 8-bit TEX text (T1)
n narrow c small caps 8c 8-bit TEX text symbols (TS1)
- normal i italic
e expanded o oblique, slanted 7a Alternate or Swash Caps
x extended u unslanted italic 7c DFr (= Deutsche Fraktur)

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Mapping the Berry font naming schemes to LATEX font attributes

Berry font names and LATEX weight codes: Berry font names and LATEX width codes:
a Thin, Hairline ul Ultra Light t Thin – –
j ExtraLight el Extra Light o Ultra Condensed uc Ultra Condensed
l Light l Light u Ultra Compressed uc . .
r Regular, Roman m Medium q Extra Compressed ec Extra Condensed
k Book m Medium c Condensed c Condensed
m Medium mb (was: m) p Compressed c ..
d Demi db (was: sb) n Narrow c ..
s Semibold sb Semibold – – sc Semi Condensed
b Bold b Bold r Normal, Regular m Medium
h Heavy eb (was missing) – – sx Semi Expanded
c Black eb (was missing) e Expanded x Expanded
x Extra, ExtraBlack eb Extra Bold x Extended x ..
u Ultra, UltraBlack ub Ultra Bold v Extra Expanded ex Extra Expanded
p Poster – (still missing) – – ux Ultra Expanded
w Wide – –

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Font encodings (I)

• 7-bit TEX-specific encodings:

– 7t (OT1): 7-bit text fonts, e.g. cmr, cmsl
– 7t (OT1i): 7-bit text with variant glyphs (£ vs. $), e.g. cmmi
– 7t (OT1c): 7-bit text with small caps glyphs, e.g. cmcsc
– 7t (OT1t): 7-bit text without f-ligatures, e.g. cmtt
• 8-bit TEX-specific encodings:
– 8t (T1): 8-bit text fonts, e.g. ecrm, ecsl, ecit
– 8c (TS1): 8-bit text symbol fonts, e.g. tcrm, tcsl, tcit
• 8-bit default encodings for PostScript / TrueType fonts:
– 8a: Adobe standard or SC+OsF encoding
– 8x: Adobe expert or expert subset encoding
• 8-bit raw encodings for PostScript / TrueType fonts:
– 8r: TeXBase1Encoding
– 8y: TeXnANSIEncoding (LY1)

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Font encodings (II)

• target encodings for font installation:

– 7t (OT1): 7-bit text (standard)
– 9t (OT1): 7-bit text (standard + expert)
– 9o (OT1): 7-bit text (standard + expert + oldstyle)
– 8t (T1): 8-bit text (standard)
– 9e (T1): 8-bit text (standard + expert)
– 9d (T1): 8-bit text (standard + expert + oldstyle)
– 8c (TS1): 8-bit text symbols (standard)
– 9c (TS1): 8-bit text symbols (standard + expert)
– 8i (TS0): 8-bit text symbols subset (standard)
– 9i (TS0X): 8-bit text symbols subset (standard + expert)
• non-Latin 1 encodings (Greek, Cyrillic, etc.)

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What’s in a standard font?

• What’s in a standard font?

– regular numerals
– ASCII and Latin 1 capital letters (slots 65–90, 160–191)
– ASCII and Latin 1 lowercase letters (slots 97–122, 224–255)
– ASCII and Latin 1 symbols (slots 32–127, 160–191)
– miscellaneous symbols, including fi- and fl-ligatures
• What’s in an SC+OsF font?
– oldstyle figures (instead of regular numerals)
– ASCII and Latin 1 capital letters (slots 65–90, 160–191)
– ASCII and Latin 1 small caps letters (slots 97–122, 224–255)
• What’s in an OsF font?
– oldstyle figures (instead of regular numerals)
– ASCII and Latin 1 capital letters (slots 65–90, 160–191)
– ASCII and Latin 1 lowercase letters (slots 97–122, 224–255)

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What’s in an expert font?

• What’s in an expert font?

– oldstyle figures, superior and inferior figures
– ASCII and Latin 1 small caps letters (slots 97–122, 224–255)
– miscellaneous symbols, including ff-, ffi- and ffl-ligatures
• What’s in an expert subset font?
– oldstyle figures, superior and inferior figures
– empty slots instead of small caps letters
– miscellaneous symbols, including ff-, ffi- and ffl-ligatures
• How are glyph names organized?
– small caps letters: /Asmall instead of /a
– oldstyle figures: /zerooldstyle instead of /zero

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Font installation considerations

• Given a set of standard fonts only:

– regular fonts: can be implemented except for ff-ligatures
– small caps fonts: can be faked using scaled fonts and letterspacing
– oldstyle figures: cannot be implemented or faked at all
• Given a set of standard and expert fonts:
– regular fonts: implemented using ff-ligatures from expert fonts
– small caps fonts: implemented using small caps from expert fonts
– oldstyle figures: implemented using oldstyle figs from expert fonts
• Given a set of standard and expert subset fonts:
– regular fonts: implemented using ff-ligatures from expert fonts
– small caps fonts: can be faked using scaled fonts and letterspacing
– oldstyle figures: implemented using oldstyle figs from expert fonts

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Why the need for reencoding?

• 7-bit TEX-specific encodings (OT1) are inadequate for accented languages

• optimal encoding should be based on Latin 1 as much as possible
• optimal encoding should make best use of all available glyphs
• Adobe standard encoding (8a) hides away too many glyphs
• 8-bit TEX-specific encodings (T1 and TS1) go beyond standard glyph set
• best use of available glyph set can be made through reencoding to raw fonts
• raw font encodings can be used directly for typesetting, if desired
• virtual fonts are needed to combine standard glyphs with expert glyphs
• 7t (OT1) can be implemented either by reencoding or remapping
• 8t (T1) requires faking of non-Latin 1 glyphs through virtual fonts
• 8c (TS1) includes glyphs that cannot be implemented through faking
• 8i (TS0) is the subset which can be implemented without faking

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Which raw font encoding to use?

• 8r and 8y both provide full access to all glyphs available in standard fonts
• 8r and 8y are based on ASCII (32–127) and Latin 1 (160-255)
• 8r and 8y differ in placement of extra glyphs and symbols
• 8r and 8y include slots for ff-ligatures (usually absent from standard fonts)
• 8r is widely used for raw fonts in CTAN metrics since 1995
• 8y is proposed as an alternative approach by Y&Y (“8y is 8r done right”)
• 8r is only used as a raw font encoding, not directly for typesetting
• 8y is also used as a LATEX output encoding for typesetting (LY1)
• 8y mostly follows OT1 layout in lower half (including some glyphs twice)
• 8y avoids complications of T1, TS1 regarding non-standard glyphs
• 8y is functionally equivalent or even superior to 8r for standard glyphs
• 8y still requires virtual fonts to make use of expert glyphs
• LY1 may be the best choice for Latin 1, but T1 also supports Latin 2

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What’s needed to set up fonts for use with TEX?

• PostScript fonts: Have AFM files ready or convert PFM files to AFM files
• TrueType fonts: Extract font metrics to AFM files using ttf2afm
• Install font metrics (AFM) and font programs (PFA/PFB or TTF)
• Reencode fonts to raw encoding (8r or 8y) to make all glyphs accessible
• Transform raw fonts as needed to fill missing shapes (SlantFont)
• Generate TEX font metrics (TFM) for each reencoded or transformed font
• Generate virtual fonts (VF, TFM) to implement usual TEX encodings
• Install generated font metrics (TFM) and virtual fonts (VF, TFM)
• Generate and install font definition files (*.fd) for LATEX
• Generate or update font map files for dvips and pdftex

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II Installing TEX fonts with fontinst

• Overview of fontinst — What fontinst can do or can’t do

• History and development of fontinst
• Installing and setting up fontinst — Running fontinst
• Low-level fontinst commands: \transformfont, \install(raw)font
• High-level fontinst commands: \installfamily, \latinfamily
• How fonts are installed in \latinfamily
• Understanding the details of font installation
• Perl front-ends for fontinst
• Some little-known fontinst tricks
• Font installation examples step by step

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Overview of fontinst

• What is fontinst?
– a general-purpose utility for (PostScript) font installation
– developed by Alan Jeffrey, now maintained by volunteer group
– development coordinated through fontinst mailing list
• Features of fontinst:
– written entirely in TEX for portability at the cost of speed
– operates on font metric information in textual format
– reads AFM or PL files and writes out PL or VPL files
– uses ETX files to specify source and target encodings
– uses MTX files to record metric and kerning information
– allows reencoding, transforming and scaling fonts as needed
– supports installation of reencoded and transformed raw fonts
– supports installation of virtual fonts based on raw fonts
– allows manipulating glyph metrics and kerns through MTX files

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What fontinst can do or can’t do

• What fontinst can do:

– convert PostScript font metrics (AFM) to internal fontinst format (MTX)
– reencode standard-encoded fonts (8a) to raw encoding (8r or 8y)
– transform raw fonts as needed to create slanted or narrow fonts
– generate TEX font metrics (TFM) for each reencoded or transformed font
– generate virtual fonts (VF, TFM) to implement usual TEX encodings
– generate LATEX font definition files (*.fd)
• What fontinst can’t do:
– generate font map file for dvips and pdftex
– add checksums to PL and VPL files for consistency checks
– convert PL and VPL files to binary TFM and VF files
– install font metrics, virtual fonts and font definition files

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History and development of fontinst (I)

• Version 0.xx (ASAJ) started in Feb. 1993, presented at TUG ’93

• Version 1.00 (ASAJ) started after TUG ’93, complete rewrite
• Version 1.3xx (ASAJ) presented at TUG ’94
– \latinfamily implemented using 8a-encoded base fonts
• Version 1.400 (ASAJ) started in Nov. 1994
– re-implementation of \latinfamily using 8r-encoded raw fonts
• Version 1.500 (SPQR) released in Sept. 1995
– first CTAN release of PostScript metrics using 8r-encoded raw fonts
• Version 1.5xx (ASAJ) unreleased Jun. 1996
– added support for expertized oldstyle fonts
• Version 1.6 (SPQR) released in Feb. 1997
– added \textcompfamily for TS1 encoding (8c)

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History and development of fontinst (II)

• Version 1.8xx (UV, Jun. 1998)

– converted macro sources to DOCSTRIP format
– merged development lines of 1.5xx and 1.6 versions
– integrated \textcompfamily into \latinfamily
– integrated support for expertized oldstyle fonts
– updated user documentation (Rowland McDonnell)
• Version 1.9xx (LH, to be released in 1999)
– modularized DOCSTRIP sources
– fixed some long-standing known bugs
– added some experimental features related to kerns
– updated source documentation (Lars Hellström)

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Installing and setting up fontinst

• fontinst is included in many TEX distributions (TEX Live, teTeX, fpTeX)

• fontinst distribution available from CTAN:fonts/utilites/fontinst
• Contents of the fontinst distribution:
– fontinst.sty: primary fontinst macro package for use with plain TEX
– fontinst.ini: extra fontinst module for use with INITEX
– fontinst.rc: local configuration or modification file (optional)
– *.etx: encoding definitions for most common encodings
– *.mtx: metric files used to install common encodings
• Installing the fontinst distribution:
– typical installation path: $TEXMF/tex/fontinst/base/
– TEXINPUTS search path used to find distributed ETX and MTX files
– TEXINPUTS search path used to find AFM font metrics as well (!)
– favorite approach: regard fontinst as a special TEX format:
fontinst-TEX uses TEXINPUTS.fontinst search path

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Running fontinst

• How fontinst works:

– fontinst macro package is loaded from a (temporary) TEX file
– reads encodings and glyph commands from auxiliary files
– reads font metric files and stores them in auxiliary files
– writes font metric files for generated fonts
• Example fontinst control file:
\input fontinst.sty % loads fontinst.sty and fontinst.rc

\transformfont commands % creates MTX files from AFM or PL

\installfonts
\installfamily commands % records FD files to be created
\installrawfont commands % creates PL files from MTX and ETX
\installfont commands % creates VPL files from MTX and ETX
\endinstallfonts % creates FD files
\bye

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Low-level fontinst commands: \transformfont

• Overview of \transformfont:
– converts font metrics to internal fontinst format (MTX files)
– reads font metrics from existing MTX files, AFM files or PL files
– supports reencoding and geometric transformations of font metrics
• Syntax of \transformfont:
\transformfont{<font>}{<commands>} % writes transformed MTX
\frommtx{<font>} % reads from existing MTX
\fromafm{<font>} % reads from AFM, writes MTX and PL
\frompl {<font>} % reads from PL, writes MTX

\reencodefont {<ENC>}{<font>} % PostScript /ReencodeFont

\extendfont{<factor>}{<font>} % PostScript /ExtendFont
\slantfont {<factor>}{<font>} % PostScript /SlantFont

• Examples of \transformfont:
\transformfont{ptmr8r} {\reencodefont{8r}{\fromafm{ptmr8a}}}
\transformfont{ptmro8r} {\slantfont{167}{\frommtx{ptmr8r}}}

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Low-level fontinst commands: \installfont

• Overview of \installrawfont and \installfont:

– generates PL or VPL files, which can be converted to TFM or VF files
– uses target encoding specified in a given ETX file
– uses glyph metrics and kerns from a list of given MTX files
• Syntax of \installrawfont and \installfont:
\installrawfont{<font>} {<mtx,mtx,...>} {<etx>} <LaTeX fd param>
\installfont {<font>} {<mtx,mtx,...>} {<etx>} <LaTeX fd param>

• Examples of \installrawfont and \installfont:

\installrawfont{ptmr8r} {ptmr8r,8r} {8r} {8r} {ptm}{m}{n}{}
\installrawfont{ptmri8r}{ptmri8r,8r} {8r} {8r} {ptm}{m}{it}{}
\installrawfont{ptmro8r}{ptmro8r,8r} {8r} {8r} {ptm}{m}{sl}{}

\installfont {ptmr7t} {ptmr7r,latin} {OT1} {OT1}{ptm}{m}{n}{}

\installfont {ptmr8t} {ptmr8r,latin} {T1} {T1} {ptm}{m}{n}{}
\installfont {ptmr8c} {ptmr8r,textcomp}{TS1} {TS1}{ptm}{m}{n}{}

\installfont {ptmri7t}{ptmri8r,latin} {OT1i}{OT1}{ptm}{m}{it}{}

\installfont {ptmro7t}{ptmro8r,latin} {OT1} {OT1}{ptm}{m}{sl}{}
\installfont {ptmrc7t}{ptmr8r,latin} {OT1c}{OT1}{ptm}{m}{sc}{}

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Low-level fontinst commands: \installfamily

• Overview of \installfamily:
– grouped between \installfonts and \endinstallfonts
– initializes a token list, in which *.fd information is recorded
– *.fd entries are recorded for each \installfont command
– *.fd entries are written out when \endinstallfonts is processed
• Syntax of \installfamily:
\installfamily {<enc>}{<family><variant>}{}

• Examples of \installfamily:
\installfamily {8r}{pmn}{} % standard family
\installfamily {8r}{pmnx}{} % expertized family
\installfamily {8r}{pmnj}{} % oldstyle family

\installfamily {8r}{hls}{} % standard family

\installfamily {8r}{hlst}{} % variant family

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High-level fontinst commands: \latinfamily (I)

• Overview of \latinfamily:
– attempts to do an automatic installation of a given font family
– supports standard, expertized, or expertized oldstyle installations
– installs 8r (or 8y) raw fonts as well as 8x expert fonts
– installs OT1, T1 and TS1 virtual fonts
– installs all available font series (weights) for standard font shapes
– installs faked small caps if real small caps are not available
• Syntax of \latinfamily:
\latinfamily {<family><variant>}{}

• Examples of \latinfamily:
\latinfamily {pmn}{} % standard family: 7t, 8t, 8c
\latinfamily {pmnx}{} % expertized family: 9t, 9e, 9c
\latinfamily {pmnj}{} % oldstyle family: 9o, 9d, 9c

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High-level fontinst commands: \latinfamily (II)

• What’s going on inside \latinfamily:

– calls \installfamily for desired raw font encoding (8r or 8y)
– calls \installfamily for TEX font encodings (OT1, T1 and TS1)
– processes a list of series (all weights, starting with regular and bold)
– processes a list of shapes (upright, slanted, italic, small caps)
– attempts to install fonts for all combinations of series and shape
• What’s going on inside font installation attempt?
– checks if 8a-encoded base font exists for current series and shape
– calls \transformfont to reencode or transform base fonts to raw fonts
– calls \installrawfont to install 8r- or 8y-encoded raw fonts
– calls \installfont to install virtual fonts for OT1, T1 and TS1 variants

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How fonts are installed in \latinfamily (I)

• Installation of normal (upright) font shapes:

– checks if 8a-encoded base font in upright shape exists
– reencodes and installs 8r- or 8y-encoded raw font in upright shape
– installs virtual fonts for standard encoding variants (OT1, T1, TS1)
• Installation of real italic font shapes:
– checks if 8a-encoded base font in italic shape exists
– reencodes and installs 8r- or 8y-encoded raw font in italic shape
– installs virtual fonts for italic (£ vs. $) encoding variants (OT1i, T1, TS1)
• Installation of faked slanted font shapes:
– checks if 8a-encoded base font in upright shape exists
– transforms and installs 8r- or 8y-encoded raw font to slanted shape
– installs virtual fonts for standard encoding variants (OT1, T1, TS1)

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How fonts are installed in \latinfamily (II)

• Installation of real small caps font shapes:

– checks if 8a-encoded base font in small caps shape exists
– reencodes and installs 8r- or 8y-encoded raw font in small caps shape
– installs virtual fonts for standard encoding variants (OT1, T1)
• Installation of faked small caps font shapes:
– checks if 8a-encoded base font in upright shape exists
– installs virtual fonts for small caps encoding variants (OT1c, T1c)
– raw font encodings provide standard glyphs: /A.../Z, /a.../z
– target encodings request small caps glyphs: /Asmall.../Zsmall
– latin.mtx contains \setglyph commands to fake small caps glyphs

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Summary of \latinfamily (I)

% upright shape
\transformfont {<font>8r} {\reencodefont{8r}{\fromafm{<font>8a}}}
\installrawfont {<font>8r} {<font>8r,8r} {8r} {8r} {<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}

\installfont {<font>7t} {<font>8r,latin} {OT1} {OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}

\installfont {<font>8t} {<font>8r,latin} {T1} {T1} {<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}
\installfont {<font>8c} {<font>8r,textcomp} {TS1} {TS1}{<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}

% italic shape
\transformfont {<font>i8r}{\reencodefont{8r}{\fromafm{<font>i8a}}}
\installrawfont {<font>i8r}{<font>i8r,8r} {8r} {8r} {<fam>}{<series>}{it}{}

\installfont {<font>i7t}{<font>i8r,latin} {OT1i}{OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{it}{}

\installfont {<font>i8t}{<font>i8r,latin} {T1i} {T1} {<fam>}{<series>}{it}{}
\installfont {<font>i8c}{<font>i8r,textcomp} {TS1i}{TS1}{<fam>}{<series>}{it}{}

% slanted shape faked

\transformfont {<font>o8r}{\slantfont{167}{\frommtxm{<font>8a}}}
\installrawfont {<font>o8r}{<font>o8r,8r} {8r} {8r} {<fam>}{<series>}{sl}{}

\installfont {<font>o7t}{<font>o8r,latin} {OT1} {OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{sl}{}

\installfont {<font>o8t}{<font>o8r,latin} {T1} {T1} {<fam>}{<series>}{sl}{}
\installfont {<font>o8c}{<font>o8r,textcomp} {TS1} {TS1}{<fam>}{<series>}{sl}{}

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Summary of \latinfamily (II)

% small caps shape using SC+OsF fonts

\transformfont {<font>c8r}{\reencodefont{8r}{\fromafm{<font>c8a}}}
\installrawfont {<font>c8r}{<font>c8r,8r} {8r} {8r} {<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}

\installfont {<font>c7t}{<font>c8r,latin} {OT1} {OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}

\installfont {<font>c8t}{<font>c8r,latin} {T1} {T1} {<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}

% small caps shape faked

\installfont {<font>c7t}{<font>8r,latin} {OT1c}{OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}
\installfont {<font>c8t}{<font>8r,latin} {T1c} {T1} {<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}

% small caps shape standard + expert fonts

\installfont {<font>c9t}{<font>8r,<font>8x,latin} {OT1c} {OT1}{<fam>x}{<series>}{sc}{}
\installfont {<font>c9e}{<font>8r,<font>8x,latin} {T1c} {T1} {<fam>x}{<series>}{sc}{}

% small caps shape standard + expert + oldstyle fonts

\installfont {<font>c9o}{<font>8r,<font>8x,latin} {OT1cj}{OT1}{<fam>j}{<series>}{sc}{}
\installfont {<font>c9d}{<font>8r,<font>8x,latin} {T1cj} {T1} {<fam>j}{<series>}{sc}{}

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Understanding the details of font installation (I)
• Installation of 8r-encoded raw fonts:
\transformfont {<font>8r} {\reencodefont{8r}{\fromafm{<font>8a}}}
\installrawfont {<font>8r} {<font>8r,8r} {8r} {8r}{<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}

• What’s going on:

– \fromafm{<font>8a} creates “raw” <font>8a.mtx and <font>8a.pl
– \transformfont{<font>8r} creates “raw” <font>8r.mtx and <font>8r.pl
– <font>8a.mtx: contains glyph metrics and kerns for accessible glyphs
– <font>8r.mtx: contains glyph metrics and kerns for all available glyphs
– \installrawfont{<font>8r} creates “ligfull” raw font <font>8r.pl
– 8r.etx: adds TEX-specific input ligatures (dashes, quotes, ligatures)
– 8r.mtx: adds kern pairs for accented glyphs, inherited from raw glyphs

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Understanding the details of font installation (II)
• Installation of 7t, 8t and 8c virtual fonts:
\installfont {<font>7t} {<font>8r,latin} {OT1} {OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}
\installfont {<font>8t} {<font>8r,latin} {T1} {T1} {<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}
\installfont {<font>8c} {<font>8r,textcomp} {TS1} {TS1}{<fam>}{<series>}{n}{}

• What’s going on:

– \installraw{<font>xx} creates “ligfull” virtual font <font>xx.vpl
– <font>8r.mtx: contains glyph metrics and kerns for all available glyphs
– OT1.etx, T1.etx, TS1.etx: defines glyphs to install (or fake if unavailable)
– latin.mtx, textcomp.mtx: contains commands to fake unavailable glyphs
\setglyph{Asmall}
\movert{\int{smallcapsextraspace}}
\glyph{A}{\int{smallcapsscale}}
\movert{\int{smallcapsextraspace}}
\endsetglyph

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Understanding the details of font installation (III)
• Installing small caps fonts:
\installfont {<font>c7t}{<font>c8r,latin} {OT1} {OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}
\installfont {<font>c7t}{<font>8r,latin} {OT1c}{OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}

• real small caps:

– SC+OsF fonts include small caps and oldstyle figures
– AFM files for SC+OsF pretend to provide standard glyphs
– OT1.etx references slots for standard glyphs
– <font>c8r.mtx provides metrics for standard glyphs
– latin.mtx glyph commands for small caps are ignored
• faked small caps:
– OT1c.etx references slots for small caps glyphs
– <font>8r.mtx does not provide metrics for small caps
– latin.mtx defines glyph commands to fake small caps

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Understanding the details of font installation (IV)
• Installing small caps using SC+OsF fonts:
\installfont {<font>c7t}{<font>8r,unsetalf,<font>c8r,latin}
{OT1} {OT1}{<fam>}{<series>}{sc}{}

• real small caps (non-standard installation):

– OT1.etx references slots for standard glyphs
– <font>8r.mtx provides metrics for standard glyphs
– unsetalf.mtx unsets letters, keeping numerals and symbols
– <font>c8r.mtx provides metrics for standard glyphs (again!)
– letters (capitals and small caps) are filled in from <font>c8r.mtx
– latin.mtx glyph commands for small caps are ignored

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Understanding the details of font installation (V)
• Installing small caps using expert fonts:
\installfont {<font>c9t}{<font>8r,<font>8x,latin}
{OT1j} {OT1}{<fam>x}{<series>}{sc}{}
\installfont {<font>c9o}{<font>8r,<font>8x,latin}
{OT1cj}{OT1}{<fam>j}{<series>}{sc}{}

• standard + expert:
– OT1c.etx references slots for small caps glyphs
– <font>8r.mtx provides metrics for standard glyphs
– <font>8x.mtx provides metrics for small caps glyphs
– latin.mtx glyph commands for small caps are ignored
• standard + expert + oldstyle:
– OT1cj.etx references slots for small caps and oldstyle figs
– <font>8r.mtx provides metrics for standard glyph
– <font>8x.mtx provides metrics for small caps and oldstyle figs
– latin.mtx glyph commands for small caps are ignored

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Understanding the details of font installation (VI)
• Installing small caps using expert and SC+OsF fonts:
\installfont {<font>c9t}{kernoff,<font>8r,<font>8x,kernon,
glyphoff,<font>c8r,glyphon,resetsc,latin}
{OT1c} {OT1}{<fam>x}{<series>}{sc}{}
\installfont {<font>c9o}{kernoff,<font>8r,<font>8x,kernon,
glyphoff,<font>c8r,glyphon,resetosf,resetsc,latin}
{OT1cj}{OT1}{<fam>j}{<series>}{sc}{}

• Non-standard installation:
– OT1c.etx, OT1cj.etx reference slots for small caps and oldstyle figs
– <font>8r.mtx provides metrics for standard glyphs
– <font>8x.mtx provides metrics for small caps glyphs
– <font>c8r.mtx provides kern pairs between uppercase and small caps
– kernoff.mtx, kernon.mtx disables and restores \setkern
– glyphoff.mtx, glpyh.mtx disables and restores \setrawglyph
– resetsc.mtx, resetosf.mtx reshuffels metrics to SC+OsF glyph names
– latin.mtx glyph commands for small caps are ignored

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Perl front-ends for fontinst

• Perl utilities available from CTAN:fonts/psfonts/tools

– make-fam.pl generates font metrics for complete typeface families
– automatically creates temporary TEX files used as fontinst control files
– invokes TEX to run fontinst in a temporary directory
– converts generated PL and VPL files to TFM and VF files
– generates font map files for dvips and pdftex
– installs generated files in CTAN-ready directory structure
• Syntax of make-fam.pl and make-one.pl:
> perl make-fam.pl [-options] [-expert <variant>] <family>
> perl make-one.pl [-options] <font>

• Examples of make-fam.pl and make-one.pl:

> perl make-fam.pl pmn # standard family
> perl make-fam.pl -expert x pmn # expertized family
> perl make-fam.pl -expert j pmn # oldstyle family
> perl make-one.pl pmnrp # single ornaments font

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Some little-known fontinst tricks

• \NOFILES command:
– turns \transformfont and \installfont commands into no-ops
– causes dummy files to be created for all file output commands
– may be used to diagnose which commands are issued from \latinfamily
– may be used to diagnose which files are created in a normal run
• fontinst.rc configuration file:
– may contain extra commands read at the end of fontinst.sty
– may be used to redefine the raw font encoding: \def\raw_encoding{8y}
– may be used to redefine the list of series and shapes for \latinfamily
– may be used to redefine internals of \latinfamily

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Font installation step by step (I)

Step 1: Installing and renaming AFM files

• Example: Adobe Palatino (Package #001)

pplb8a Palatino-Bold A 001 pob_____
pplbi8a Palatino-BoldItalic A 001 pobi____
pplri8a Palatino-Italic A 001 poi_____
pplr8a Palatino-Roman A 001 por_____

• Rename distributed AFM (and PFB) files:

POR_____.AFM -> pplr8a.afm
POI_____.AFM -> pplri8a.afm
POB_____.AFM -> pplb8a.afm
POBI____.AFM -> pplbi8a.afm

• Install renamed AFM (and PFB) files:

> cp *.afm $TEXMF/fonts/afm/adobe/palatino/
> cp *.pfb $TEXMF/fonts/type1/adobe/palatino/

• Don’t forget to run texhash or mktexlsr !

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Font installation step by step (II)

Step 2: Running fontinst

• Manual installation:
– Create fontinst control file:
% file: fontppl.tex
\input fontinst.sty
\latinfamily{ppl}{}
\bye
– Run fontinst from the command line:
> fontinst fontppl.tex
> tex -progname=fontinst fontppl.tex

• Automatic installation:
– Call Perl front-end from the command line:
> perl make-fam.pl -outdir $OUTDIR/adobe/palatino ppl

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Font installation step by step (III)

Step 3: Installing generated font metrics

• Manual installation:
– Generated PL and VPL must be converted to TFM and VF files:
> for f in *.pl; do pltotf $f; done
> for f in *.vpl; do vptovf $f; done
– Install TFM and VF files:
> cp *.tfm $TEXMF/fonts/tfm/adobe/palatino/
> cp *.vf $TEXMF/fonts/vf/adobe/palatino/

– Don’t forget to run texhash or mktexlsr !

• Automatic installation:
– Converted TFM and VF files are left in CTAN-ready directory structure:
$OUTDIR/adobe/palatino/tfm/*.tfm
$OUTDIR/adobe/palatino/vf/*.vf
– Directories can be moved to TDS directory structure:
> mv $OUTDIR/adobe/palatino/tfm/ $TEXMF/fonts/tfm/adobe/palatino/
> mv $OUTDIR/adobe/palatino/vf/ $TEXMF/fonts/vf/adobe/palatino/

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Font installation step by step (IV)

Step 4: Setting up dvips and pdftex

• Font map file psfonts.map specified in config.ps or pdftex.cnf

• Entries for 8r-encoded raw fonts:
pplr8r Palatino-Roman "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc
pplri8r Palatino-Italic "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc
pplb8r Palatino-Bold "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc
pplbi8r Palatino-BoldItalic "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc
pplro8r Palatino-Roman ".167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc
pplbo8r Palatino-Bold ".167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc

• Entries for 8y-encoded raw fonts:

pplr8y Palatino-Roman "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc
pplri8y Palatino-Italic "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc
pplb8y Palatino-Bold "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc
pplbi8y Palatino-BoldItalic "TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc
pplro8y Palatino-Roman ".167 SlantFont TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc
pplbo8y Palatino-Bold ".167 SlantFont TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <texnansi.enc

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III Overview of math fonts

• Text fonts vs. math fonts

• Choices of math font sets for TEX
• Why are math fonts so difficult?
• Summary and details of the old 7-bit math font encodings
• Problems of the old 7-bit math font encodings
• Design goals for new 8-bit math font encodings
• Summary and details of new 8-bit math font encodings
• Design goals for new 16-bit math font encodings

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Text fonts vs. math fonts

• Text fonts:
– 7-bit Computer Modern is still used by default
– switching font families is no problem with LATEX 2ε (or ConTEXt)
– switching encodings (OT1/T1/LY1) is no problem either
– metrics for common PostScript fonts are available from CTAN
– metrics for other fonts can be prepared with fontinst
– many thousands of text fonts exist in Type 1 format
• Math fonts:
– 7-bit Computer Modern is difficult to change
– very few sets of math fonts are available for use with TEX
– each math font set uses different encoding variants
– each math font set requires different macro packages

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Choices of math font sets for TEX

• METAFONT font sets:

– Computer Modern + AMS symbols (also as Type 1 fonts)
– Concrete + AMS Euler
– Concrete Math
– Belleek (MathTime replacement)
• PostScript Type 1 font sets:
– Lucida Bright + Lucida New Math (Y&Y Inc.)
– Times + MathTime + Adobe MathPi (Y&Y Inc.)
– Times + Mathematica
– TM-Math, HV-Math, IF-Math (MicroPress Inc.)
– SMF Baskerville
• stop-gap solutions (hacks):
– mathptm: Times + Adobe Symbol + CM
– mathppl: Palatino + CM
– mathpple: Palatino + AMS Euler

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Why are math fonts so difficult? (I)

• glyph set / encoding considerations:

– math fonts include many symbols not available from text fonts
– math fonts don’t include text symbols which do not make sense
– alignment and spacing of math formulas underlies special rules
– math fonts include Latin and Greek alphabets in many different styles
– font styles of math alphabets attach a special meaning to symbols
– font styles of math alphabets do not depend on typographical context
– letters in math formulas are set as symbols, not word-components
• design considerations:
– design and spacing of math italic may be different from text italic
– alignment of symbols on the math axis requires special care
– placement of math accents requires special care

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Why are math fonts so difficult? (II)

• TEXnical considerations:
– TEX interprets glyph metrics of math fonts in a peculiar way
– TFM width denotes position where subscripts are attached
– italic correction denotes position where superscripts are attached
– actual glyph width = TFM width + italic correction + sidebearings
– pseudo kern pairs with \skewchar control placement of math accents
– math fonts are organized into math families (no more than 16!)
– math fonts must have special FONTDIMEN parameters
– FONTDIMENs control placement of subscripts and superscripts
– FONTDIMENs control spacing of fractions, radicals and big operators
– glyph height of radicals determines rule thickness of bar
– big radicals must be designed to hang below baseline
– big delimiters and operators are centered on the math axis
– big delimiters and operators may be designed to be centered
– however: TFM format imposes limit of 16 heights + 16 depths

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Summary of the old 7-bit math font encodings

• Plain TEX or LATEX base: 4 math families

– Math operators (OT1, 7t, cmr, \fam0)
– Math Letters (OML, 7m, cmmi, \fam1)
– Math Symbols (OMS, 7y, cmsy, \fam2)
– Math eXtension (OMX, 7v, cmex, \fam3)
• with LATEX symbols: 5 math families
– LATEX Symbols (U, lasy)
• with AMS symbols: 6 math families
– AMS Symbols A (U, msam)
– AMS Symbols B (U, msbm)
– additional math alphabets (optional)

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Details of the old 7-bit math font encodings (I)

• Math operators (OT1, cmr, \fam0)

– upright digits (used as default digits in math)
– upright Latin alphabets (\mathrm), upright Greek capitals
– some symbols (‘+’, ‘=’) and delimiters
• Math Letters (OML, cmmi, \fam1)
– oldstyle digits (not needed in math)
– italic Latin alphabets (\mathnormal), italic Greek alphabets
– symbols and punctuation for kerning
• Math Symbols (OMS, cmsy, \fam2)
– calligraphic letters (\mathcal)
– most symbols and delimiters
• Math eXtension (OMX, cmex, \fam3)
– extensible delimiters
– big operators, wide accents

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Details of the old 7-bit math font encodings (II)

• LATEX Symbols (U, lasy)

– LATEX 2.09 symbol complement
• AMS Symbols A (U, msam)
– AMS symbols and relations
• AMS Symbols B (U, msbm)
– AMS symbols and negated relations
– Blackboard Bold (\mathbb)
• additional math alphabets (optional)
– Fraktur alphabet (\mathfrak)
– Script alphabet (\mathscr)

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Problems of the old 7-bit math font encodings

• 7-bit encodings (valuable slots wasted)

• multitude of different encodings
• inter-dependencies between text and math
• mathematical symbols taken from text fonts
(e.g. Greek capitals from OT1)
• non-mathematical symbols in math fonts
(e.g. oldstyle digits in OML, ‘¶’,‘§’ in OMS)
• some symbols used for multiple purposes
(e.g. ‘=’ in ‘=⇒’; ‘=’/‘⇒’ from OT1/OMS)
• building blocks for long arrows split across
different encodings (\joinrel kerning)
• no kerning between upper/lowercase Greek
• no upright lowercase Greek alphabet available
√
• TEX-specific symbols (e.g. lowered ‘ ’ in OMS)
may cause problems with non-TEX software

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Design goals for new 8-bit math font encodings

• 8-bit encodings (for conventional 8-bit TEX)

• use one consistent encoding for all font sets
• compatibility with LATEX or AMS within 4 or 6 families
• maybe add some frequently-requested new symbols
• if possible, add slots for multiple uses of symbols
• if possible, add slots for constructed symbols
• separate geometric and Humanist (‘shapy’) symbols
• keep all letter-like symbols together (design similarity)
• keep symbols of similar design or similar type together
• keep TEX-specific symbols together (technical requirements)
• take availability of symbols in different font sets into account
• don’t go too far beyond symbols available in existing font sets
• avoid problems with dumb software, reserve special slots

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Summary of proposed new 8-bit math font encodings

• LATEX compatibility: 4 math families

– Math operators (T1, \fam0)
– Math Core (MC, \fam2)
– Math Symbols Primary (MSP, \fam1)
– Math eXtension Primary (MXP, \fam3)
• AMS compatibility: 6 math families
– Math Symbols 1 (MS1)
– Math Symbols 2 (MS2)
• additional features (optional):
– Math eXtension 1 (MX1)

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Details of proposed new 8-bit math font encodings (I)

• Math operators (T1, \fam0)

– upright Latin alphabets (\mathrm)
• Math Core (MC, \fam2)
– upright digits (default)
– italic Latin alphabets (\mathnormal)
– upright and italic Greek alphabets
– delimiters and punctuation for kerning
– Humanist symbols, Hebrew letters, etc.
• Math Symbols Primary (MSP, \fam1)
– Calligraphic or Script alphabets
– geometric symbols (OT1, OML, OMS)
– LATEX symbols + selected AMS symbols
• Math eXtension Primary (MXP, \fam3)
– symbols with special properties
– extensible symbols (OMX, OMS)

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Details of proposed new 8-bit math font encodings (II)

• Math Symbols 1 (MS1)

– Blackboard Bold (\mathbb)
– remaining AMS symbols
• Math Symbols 2 (MS2)
– Fraktur letters (\mathfrak)
– arrow construction kit (experimental)
• Math eXtension 1 (MX1)
– new extensible symbols
– variable area for additional sizes

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Design goals for new 16-bit math font encodings

• 16-bit encodings, designed for use with MathML / Unicode

• should include all symbols collected by the STIX project
• requires extended TEX engine: Omega, ee-TEX, maybe NTS
• design should not be limited by artificial TEX constraints
• design should be orthogonal as much as possible
• building blocks of 8-bit code pages organized by type of symbols
• building blocks may be used in virtual fonts for 8-bit math fonts
• implementation of 16-bit math fonts still work in progress
• encodings for 8-bit math fonts may be decided afterwards

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References (I)

• TEX-FONTS mailing list:

mailto:[email protected]

• fontinst mailing list:

mailto:[email protected]

• fontinst Homepage:
http://www.tug.org/applications/fontinst/

• Berry font naming scheme:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/fontname/

• fontinst distribution (v 1.8xx):

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontinst/

• fontinst pre-release (v 1.9xx):

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/fontinst-prerelease/

• PostScript font tools (Perl front-end for fontinst):

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/tools/

• PostScript font metrics (generated using fontinst):

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/

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References (II)

• Adobe Type Homepage:

http://www.adobe.com/type/main.html

• Adobe Type Browser:

http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/main.html

• Adobe Technical Notes for Developers:

http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/technotes.html

• PostScript Language Reference Manual:

http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/PLRM.pdf

• Portable Document Format (PDF) Reference Manual:

http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/PDFSPEC.pdf

• Adobe Type 1 Font Format:

http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/T1_SPEC.pdf

• Microsoft Typography Homepage:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/default.asp

• TrueType Font Specification:

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/tt/tt.htm

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