Re: Adding a new font

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Thanks for the quick response!
Now I understand a bit better how Lout works with fonts.

I put my font in the adobe acrobat reader folder (I like to output PDF
files) and now it works!

You talked about embedding the font in a postscript document with
includeres, is there an equivalent with pdf?

-No=C3=A9

Le jeu. 28 mai 2020 =C3=A0 16:51, Valery Ushakov <[email protected]> a =C3=
=A9crit :

> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 16:41:37 +0200, Noe wrote:
>
> > I want to add a new font to Lout but I don't really know where to put t=
he
> > files.
> >
> > So far I added a @FontDef in fontdefs.ld, I moved the .afm file of my
> font
> > in the "fonts" folder and I created the corresponding .LCM file in
> "maps".
> >
> > But I don't know where to put the font itself, I tried to install it in
> > Windows fonts file but when I use the new font in my document, the outp=
ut
> > is in the base Font.
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Lout doesn't need the font itself, only the metrics.  The font itself
> is needed by the program that will render the lout's postscript
> output.  E.g. if you use ghostscript, you need to make the font
> available to the ghostscript.  If it's a postscript printer, you need
> to make the font available to the printer by embedding it in the
> postscript document you send (e.g. includeres from psutils).
>
> -uwe
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks for the quick response!<div dir=3D"auto">Now I und=
erstand a bit better how Lout works with fonts.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br>=
</div><div dir=3D"auto">I put my font in the adobe acrobat reader folder (I=
 like to output PDF files) and now it works!</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"auto">You talked about embedding the font in a postscript do=
cument with includeres, is there an equivalent with pdf?</div><div dir=3D"a=
uto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">-No=C3=A9</div></div><br><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Le jeu. 28 mai 2020 =C3=A0 =
16:51, Valery Ushakov &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]=
pb.ru</a>&gt; a =C3=A9crit=C2=A0:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">O=
n Thu, May 28, 2020 at 16:41:37 +0200, Noe wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; I want to add a new font to Lout but I don&#39;t really know where to =
put the<br>
&gt; files.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; So far I added a @FontDef in fontdefs.ld, I moved the .afm file of my =
font<br>
&gt; in the &quot;fonts&quot; folder and I created the corresponding .LCM f=
ile in &quot;maps&quot;.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; But I don&#39;t know where to put the font itself, I tried to install =
it in<br>
&gt; Windows fonts file but when I use the new font in my document, the out=
put<br>
&gt; is in the base Font.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Am I doing something wrong?<br>
<br>
Lout doesn&#39;t need the font itself, only the metrics.=C2=A0 The font its=
elf<br>
is needed by the program that will render the lout&#39;s postscript<br>
output.=C2=A0 E.g. if you use ghostscript, you need to make the font<br>
available to the ghostscript.=C2=A0 If it&#39;s a postscript printer, you n=
eed<br>
to make the font available to the printer by embedding it in the<br>
postscript document you send (e.g. includeres from psutils).<br>
<br>
-uwe<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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