Bug#186354: Missing afm files for many fonts

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

From: Billy Biggs <vektor@dumbterm.net>
Subject: Bug#186354: Missing afm files for many fonts
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 05:27:08 -0600

>   I am the author of the video deinterlacer application 'tvtime' which
> uses libfreetype to render text on top of live video:
> 
>   http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/
>   http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/screenshots/25-feb-03-simpsons.jpg
> 
>   I have also been working on a headline scroller application.  Both of
> these applications benefit from having proper kerning information for
> the text.  To attach an afm file in freetype you use this function:
> 
>   http://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-base_interface.html#FT_Attach_File
> 
>   As hinted in the documentation, and shown quite clearly in the source
> code, Freetype currently can only read afm files for its kerning table.

I can see your point a bit.  I guess it might be better
to package those afm files outside tetex packages.

We wouldn't like to add stuffs which were not included
in the upstream teTeX.  Especially, inside TeX, we don't
need afm files basically.

I might misunderstand something but I wonder why you
need to use computer modern fonts in a normal text 
on windows header(?).  Isn't there any more appropriate
fonts?

Thanks,				2003-4-1(Tue)

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 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
 Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.