Re: Is there a lout package repository?

Matej Nanut <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Oct 2015 23:27:47 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.type-setting.lout
Message-ID <CABTKRFzO6n4V=K-mOTAn7sEQwMZDy=LPd1i038TChG1MVA1b2A@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,

I haven't used Lout in a while, but

On 13 October 2015 at 23:07, Martin Michel <[email protected]> wrote:
> [...] it depends on an external tool (ttf2pt1) [...]

the following script can generate .afm files from TTF, and I think it
works with OTF as well. It has fontforge as a dependency. I always
updated Lout font definition files by hand.

I don't think you need actual Type 1 fonts for Lout, just the metrics.
It seemed to work after conversion to PDF, anyway.

---
#!/usr/bin/fontforge

i=1
while (i<$argc)
    Open($argv[i])
    Generate($argv[i]:r + ".afm")
    i=i+1
endloop
---

Matej