I firmly disagree. Fd files are hard to read and even harder to create,
the filenames therein are close to unreadable, texfont.pl is easier to
use than fontinst, I consider packager-based silent font substitutions
a major design mistake, Context currently cannot find LaTeX files anyway
(in most distribs) and the two systems are not orthogonal to the same
degree.
That said, it is not a lot of work to create a module that reads fd files
(based on the LaTeX .fd reader, which is quite isolated from the rest of
LaTeX). I just don't agree that it is a good idea to do so.
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:29:57 -0500
"Bruce D'Arcus"
Fair enough. The question is based on the observation that a) the mechanisms in LaTeX and ConTeXt are AFAIK not all that different, and b) most of the font installation tools and packages, both now and into the future, are written for LaTeX. It opens up more possibilities if ConTeXt can read .fd files.
Perhaps something to come back to later on, along with adding support for other font weights and such...
Bruce
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