eric@eedsp.eedsp.gatech.edu (Eric Hyche ) (07/27/90)
I have used the "mcyr" Cyrillic fonts successfully in LaTeX documents.
(That is, the existing mcyr*.*pk fonts we already had.) When I needed
to create new size fonts for our 400dpi laser printer, I realized we
didn't have the METAFONT files. So, I ftp'd them from labrea.stanford.edu.
However, upon inspection of the METAFONT files, I saw they were entirely
different in format from the other METAFONT files we had on the system.
I tried running METAFONT on them, but it did not recognize them. (Made
for one heck of a *.log file!)
Now that you know my problem, here are my questions:
1. Were those *.mf files made for an older version of METAFONT? If so, are
the differences between the versions large enough to prohibit
changing the files to match the new version? Are there programs
available to do this "upgrade"?
2. Are there any new mcyr*.mf files out there which can be understood
by my version of METAFONT? If so, where? (I am familiar with
labrea.stanford.edu, sun.soe.clarkson.edu, and june.cs.washington.edu -
I know the "new" versions aren't there.)
Thanks in advance!
Do svedanya!
Eric Hyche
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INTERNET: eric@gteedsp.gatech.edudhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) (07/28/90)
In article <1039@eedsp.eedsp.gatech.edu>, eric@eedsp.eedsp.gatech.edu (Eric Hyche ) writes... >I have used the "mcyr" Cyrillic fonts successfully in LaTeX documents. >(That is, the existing mcyr*.*pk fonts we already had.) When I needed >to create new size fonts for our 400dpi laser printer, I realized we >didn't have the METAFONT files. So, I ftp'd them from labrea.stanford.edu. >However, upon inspection of the METAFONT files, I saw they were entirely >different in format from the other METAFONT files we had on the system. >I tried running METAFONT on them, but it did not recognize them. (Made >for one heck of a *.log file!) >Now that you know my problem, here are my questions: >1. Were those *.mf files made for an older version of METAFONT? If so, are > the differences between the versions large enough to prohibit > changing the files to match the new version? Are there programs > available to do this "upgrade"? Those files are indeed MF79 files. There is no reason for those to even be on labrea since there are very few sites that even have MF79 anymore. Converting those to the current MF would be a task akin to converting Fortran to PL/I. It can be done, but not automatically (or at least not easily as an automatic process). There also is little incentive to do so; see below. >2. Are there any new mcyr*.mf files out there which can be understood > by my version of METAFONT? If so, where? (I am familiar with > labrea.stanford.edu, sun.soe.clarkson.edu, and june.cs.washington.edu - > I know the "new" versions aren't there.) In fact there are new Cyrillic fonts. They have been completely redone to look better with the Computer Modern fonts (CM is slightly lighter than AM which the mcyr fonts were designed to be used with) and have a few other minor changes. In fact, Cyrillic fonts were done by two different parties: The University of Washington Cyrillic, which is the "official" successor to mcyr contains the same character set and is of pretty good quality. It is available from many sites, one of which is ymir.claremont.edu (I'll be giving locations of files here only since I know what's where on this machine) in the directory [anonymous.tex.babel.russian.fonts-uwash]. The other Cyrillic was created in the Soviet Union itself(!) at IFVE (I forget what that stands for, but anyway...) it only contains characters for Russian, but is slightly more "Russian-looking". This is available from [anonymous.tex.babel.russian.fonts-ifve]. General Russian support lives in subdirectories of [anonymous.tex.babel.russian]. There is a mailing list for discussion of typesetting Russian (and other Cyrilic-based languages) called rustex-l. To subscribe, send a mail message to listserv@ubvm.bitnet with the text: SUBSCRIBE RUSTEX-L <your name here> -dh --- Don Hosek TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont Consulting and dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu production work. Free Estimates. dhosek@ymir.bitnet uunet!jarthur!ymir Phone: 714-625-0147