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Some Notes to the DC fonts, version 1.1, 1992-03-24
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Attention ! This is the second version of the DC font
family. Not all will be error free.
Therefore comments and error reports
are wellcome to the address below.
Norbert Schwarz
The DC fonts, which are the first (pre) release of the EC fonts,
contain the text fonts of the "computer modern font family"
with a coding scheme, that has been defined in the Cork meeting of
TUG 1990 the "TeX 256 international character set".
The fonts are generated without specific driver files, like "dcr10.mf".
Instead a interpolation algorithm is used to set up the needed
parameters. A driver file has to contain only a specification of
"gensize" and a call to the global driver file.
A TeX run with the file "dcstdedt.tex" sets up a standard set of
size specifying files which call the parameter files.
By editing the file DCSTDEDT.TEX the wished size set can be
customized easily.
It is recommended to use "dxbase.mf" for installing a new
base file that is needed during the Metafont runs.
"DXBASE" and "CMBASE" are not compatible. "DXBASE" needs
the plain Metafont macros.
To generate a font "dcr60" a file "dcr60.mf" with the contents
"gensize:=60; generate dcr"
is needed. To get a set with very small sizing steps only some files like
dcr10p1.mf containg: gensize:=10.1; generate dcr
dcr10p2.mf containg: gensize:=10.2; generate dcr
dcr10p3.mf containg: gensize:=10.3; generate dcr
dcr10p4.mf containg: gensize:=10.4; generate dcr
dcr10p5.mf containg: gensize:=10.5; generate dcr
are needed ...
Some hints to the files:
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1. All DX-files contain macros and shape definitions, exspecially
"dxbase.mf" is the new base macro set.
2. The DC-files contain the global font parameters used by
the interpolation algorithm and are included after specifying
the "gensize":
DCB .MF bold
DCBX .MF bold extended
DCBXSL .MF bold extended slanted
DCBXTI .MF italic bold extended
DCCSC .MF caps and small caps
DCDUNH .MF dunhill
DCFF .MF funny roman
DCFI .MF funny italic
DCFIB .MF fibonacci
DCITT .MF italic typewriter type
DCR .MF roman
DCSL .MF slanted
DCSLTT .MF slanted typewriter type
DCSS .MF sans serife
DCSSBX .MF sans serife bold extended
DCSSI .MF sans serife slanted
DCTCSC .MF typewriter caps and small caps
DCTI .MF italic
DCTT .MF typewriter type
DCU .MF italic unslanted
DCVTT .MF variable typewriter type
3. DOK.TEX
a description (in german) of the code table
4. GHYPHEN3.TEX
hyphenation patterns for German, coded with respect to TeX 3.x
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C O P Y R I G H T
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General permission for use and non-profit redistribution is granted.
Commercial use is generally granted, if a reference copy of the
product using this material - for use by the Rechenzentrum
of the Ruhr-Universitaet - is received.
Norbert Schwarz
Rechenzentrum Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Postfach 102148
Universitaetsstrasse 150
D-4630 Bochum 1
West Germany
Email (X.400):
Norbert.Schwarz@RUBA.RZ.RUHR-UNI-BOCHUM.DBP.DE