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This readme file is for version 2.0 of SFPtoPK
SFPtoPK is a free utility from Small Planet Software. SFPtoPK converts HP
LaserJet softfont files into TeX fonts. SFPtoPK is an MS-DOS program.
Changes
- vers 2.0 (04/14/1992)
- Added support for HP AutoFont files
Features in brief:
- Converts softfonts directly into PK files (allowing up to 256 chars/font)
- /map option to move characters from anywhere in the softfont to standard
TeX positions (this is especially useful for ligatures and accents).
- /lig option to automatically build ligatures into the TeX font
- Supports HP AutoFont Support metrics files
- Supports a flexible kerning algorithm
- Options for ``stealing'' accents off of accented characters -- even
baseline accents like the cydil.
- Similar options for stripping accents *off* of characters -- useful to
produce the undotted i's and j's if nothing else.
- Can calculate the size of an interword space mathmatically (based upon
functions derived from the CM family of fonts)
- Can dynamically adjust the size of an interword space
- Can dynamically adjust the x-height
- Can calculate the appropriate slant value for the font
- Handles class 2 compressed softfont files.
- Complete documentation provided in a DVI file.
- Includes a program for creating scaled PK files
Caveats: (Hey, I gotta be fair...)
- Produces PL files instead of producing TFM files directly -- you need
the TeXware utility PLtoTF to use the fonts created by SFPtoPK
- The source code is not available (at present, anyway).
---------------- The following disclaimer applies to SFPtoPK -----------------
THIS PROGRAM IS ABSOLUTELY FREE. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ``AS IS''
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF
THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
IN NO EVENT WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.