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- From: Martin Jourdan <Martin.Jourdan@inria.fr>
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- Subject: recoverable font loading
- Message-ID: <9211091737.AA01328@phedre.inria.fr>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 18:37:51 +0100
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- Dear TeX gurus,
-
- I'm looking for a way to load a font (the same as using \font) such
- that:
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- 1. no error occurs if the TFM file cannot be found;
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- 2. there is a way to test whether the loading actually succeeded or
- not (e.g., by using \ifx on the control sequence that's supposed to
- hold the loaded font).
-
- I took a look at Mittelbach's and Schoepf's New Font Selection Scheme
- and found such a ``recoverable font load'' at work in the definition
- of \extract@font, but unfortunately my proficiency with TeX is not
- sufficient to really understand how it works and how to adapt it to my
- needs. I hope that one of you is able to help me.
-
- Many thanks in advance. Best regards,
-
- Martin Jourdan
-