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Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
I guess that in LuaTeX you can "compose your own font" on the fly.
That's the virtual fonts Hans mentioned (like a vf in good ol' TeX, but on the fly, as you say). See section 5.2 of the LuaTeX manual (pp. 70-72 as of September 18th), especially the last one with an example.
for those interested in the development history of luatex (and way it evolves) ... http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mk.pdf (occasionally chapters are added; it's also one of our standard tests for new luatex binaries and mkiv formats) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------