Hello Hans and Matt,
Can PDFTeX handle TTC files? I know ttf2afm/ttf2pk can process them, but I have tried 2 or 3 times to include a Japanese TTC font directly in a PDFTeX document, but was never able to make it work.
dunno, maybe dvipdfmx can
I don't think PDFTeX can use TTC fonts. I use PDFTeX for DVI output and use dvipdfmx for PDF. Map files for dvipdfmx support fonts inside a TrueType Collection. TTF2TFM also supports the extra fonts inside a TTC by using the -f switch. For example, msmincho.ttc contains MS-Mincho and MS-PMincho: ttf2tfm msmincho.ttc msmin@Unicode@ (will make TFM for MS-Mincho) ttf2tfm msmincho.ttc -f 1 mspmin@Unicode@ (will make TFM for MS-PMincho) The map file for dvipdfmx will then look like: msmin@Unicode@ Identity-H :0:msmincho.ttc (for MS-Mincho) mspmin@Unicode@ Identity-H :1:msmincho.ttc (for MS-PMincho)
Well, it can be done in stages. I think that any serious attempt to support Japanese in ConTeXt should encompass all common encodings. But I don't see anything wrong with starting out Unicode-only.
in that case some range mapping should be defined; proper test files, etc
Right now I'm working on a home page which contains information about where to find Japanese fonts and how to install them for ConTeXt/dvipdfmx. I will also add some example files of what is already possible in ConTeXt. I'll post the URL soon. My best, Tim