Re: cm-super for Debian, problems with tetex

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

On Sam, 27 Aug 2005, Ralf Stubner wrote:
> >> > avantgar, bookman, helvetiv, etc are the URW fonts.
> >> 
> >> In that case the phrase 'Macro package for TeX (the most popular)' is a
> >> bit missleading. :-) BTW, is it the fonts only (pfb, afm), or are these
> >> the tfm/vf, too?
> > 
> > afm, tfm, vf, pfb, fd
> 
> Are these the tfm, vf, fd from PSNFSS? What's left in texlive-latex
> then? Just a few sty files?

No. in psnfss.tpm there are the original -p- (t1phv etc etc) LaTeX
support files, as distributed with psnfss.

In the respective helvetic etc packages there are the URW fonts, plus
the -u- (t1uhv etc) files, plus vf etc.

> >> should at least Suggest/Recommend texlive-fontsrecomended. In addition,
> > 
> > Doesn't it?

Not necessary, I guess now.

> <KLATSCH>, thanks for setting me straight. BTW, would that be needed in
> both packages? I mean, one can't be sure which one is installed first
> after all. Or, if foo replaces files in bar, bar is allowed to do the
> same in foo even without declaring so?

> >> garamond -- URW Garamond No8 Postscript Type 1 fonts.
> > 
> > tfm and vf, but this can be handled too with Replaces, or I can leave
> > this out.
> > 
> > Generally as soon as we have a decent install mechanism for commercial
> > fonts, I could leave out all these tfm/vf stuff for them from the
> > texlive packages and tell the users to use the mk-fontpack stuff to
> > generate a decent debian package.
> 
> For really commercial fonts, yes. But for 'free-beer fonts', having
> readymade debian packages is interesting IMO. Also, IMHO metrics for
> non-free fonts should only be in 'contrib', not in 'main'.

Two options for free fonts not included in TeX live (like URW Garamond No8)
- the packages contains an `installer' which the user is either invited
  to call or is called automatically, which installs the pfb parts into
  the respective directories, otherwise leave it like is.
- or leave out the garamond.tpm completely and try to get the font-packs
  into Debian/non-free (is this possible?)

For completely commercial fonts there should not be any support files in
the texlive debian packages.

Best wishes

Norbert

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