[comp.text.tex] version 1.0 of TeX font naming scheme released

karl@CS.UMB.EDU (06/04/91)

I have released version 1.0 of my naming scheme for TeX fonts.  You can
get it by anonymous ftp from

	ftp.cs.umb.edu [192.12.26.23]:pub/tex/fontname/fontname.texi

I will also send it to you by email if you cannot ftp.  It is about 25K
in size.  It is in Texinfo format, so you will need the TeX macros in
the file texinfo.tex (distributed with most GNU programs) to be able to
print it; that same directory also has a texinfo.tex.

The rest of that directory contains the files showing the naming scheme
applied to the Computer Modern, AMS, and Adobe fonts.

This is an update of my article in TUGboat 11(4).  The main changes are
a much longer list of typeface families, a somewhat longer exposition of
the problems with the naming scheme, and a proposal for another naming
scheme for arbitrarily-long names (and a slight enhancement to TeX,
approved by Professor Knuth, to allow this).

I would very much appreciate any additions, criticisms, or other comments.

karl@cs.umb.edu