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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] urw-base35-fonts 20170801-3
- From: Brian Inglis <Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2018 14:03:08 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] urw-base35-fonts 20170801-3
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- References: <announce.201711151859.vAFIx6vL014469@authusersmtp.mail.cornell.edu> <caa611ce-1649-7547-3257-bfe5aeba63a4@gmail.com>
- Reply-to: Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca
On 2018-01-01 12:28, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 15/11/2017 19:54, Ken Brown wrote:
>> The following package has been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>> * urw-base35-fonts-20170801-3
>> This package contains the 35 fonts in the PostScript Level 2 Core Font
>> Set. These fonts are used by ghostscript and xpdf.
>> This release removes a workaround for an xpdf problem that has now
>> been fixed properly.
> The package htmldoc
> https://cygwin.com/packages/x86_64/htmldoc/htmldoc-1.8.28-3
> is expecting the old fonts to be available
> usr/share/htmldoc/fonts/Helvetica.afm -> /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.afm
> usr/share/htmldoc/fonts/Helvetica.pfb -> /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb
> so currently is broken.
> While grace and libwmf have both a copy of the same fonts:
> usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.afm
> usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.pfb
> usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.afm
> usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.pfb
I presume htmldoc does not support fontconfig or Opentype compatible Type 1 fonts?
Could you upgrade to use the new fonts by substituting or converting the metric
compatible URW Nimbus Type 1 fonts specified in
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf?
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-Bold.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-Bold.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-BoldItalic.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-BoldItalic.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-Italic.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-Italic.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-BdOblique.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-BdOblique.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-Bold.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-Bold.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-Oblique.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-Oblique.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-Regular.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSansNarrow-Regular.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-Regular.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/NimbusSans-Regular.t1
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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