CTAN update: fontools - ctan-ann

21 Aug 2005


      On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 Marc Penninga submitted an update to the
fontools
package.
This package provides a few tools to ease using fonts (especially
Truetype/Opentype ones) with Latex and fontinst:
    AFM2AFM - reencode .afm files; designed to replace fontinst's
eencodefont for big .afm files.
    AUTOINST - simplify the use of the LCDF TypeTools by creating a
    command file for otftotfm, plus .fd and .sty files.
    CMAP2ENC - convert glyph indices in TrueType fonts without glyph
    names (such as Linotype Palatino) to Adobe glyph names.
    FONT2AFM - create font metrics; this is just a wrapper script
    around tools such as pf2afm, ttf2afm, pfm2kpx and ot2kpx.
    OT2KPX - extract all kerning pairs from an OpenType font.
    PFM2KPX - extract all kerning pairs from buggy .pfm files (the
    ones where pf2afm complains .notdef character occurred among kern
    pairs).
    SHOWGLYPHS - create a pdf file that shows all glyphs in a font.
Location on CTAN: fonts/utilities/fontools
Summary description: Tools to simplify using fonts (especially TrueType/OpenType ones).
License type: gpl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 - A few bugfixes
- Added support files for a new encoding that may be useful for use with
   OpenType fonts, since it contains much more empty slots (for alternate
   glyphs and additional ligatures) than LY1.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for the update.
For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf