CTAN has a new package: otfinst
Date: November 2, 2006 8:41:28 AM CET
A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be
at your favorite mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: otfinst
Author's name: John Owens
Location on CTAN: /fonts/utilities/otfinst
Summary description: Tool for installing OpenType fonts for use in
TeX/LaTeX systems
License type: bsd
Announcement text:
otfinst takes a list of OpenType font files as input, uses Eddie Kohler's otftotfm to install them into a TeX/LaTeX system, and builds and installs the necessary font description and style files. otfinst was formerly known as otftex_install and is written in Python. It has similar capabilities to Marc Penninga's fontools. http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~jowens/code/otfinst/
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/otfinst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=otfinst (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
otfinst takes a list of OpenType font files as input, uses Eddie Kohler's otftotfm to install them into a TeX/LaTeX system, and builds and installs the necessary font description and style files. otfinst was formerly known as otftex_install and is written in Python. It has similar capabilities to Marc Penninga's fontools. http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~jowens/code/otfinst/
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/otfinst . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=otfinst (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
otfinst – Install OpenType fonts for use in TeX/LaTeX systems
Otfinst takes a list of OpenType font files as input, uses Eddie Kohler's otftotfm to install them into a TeX/LaTeX system, and builds and installs the necessary font description and style files. Otfinst was formerly known as otftex_install and is written in Python. It has similar capabilities to Marc Penninga's fontools.
| Package | otfinst |
| Version | 1.0.3 |
| Copyright | 2005, 2006 John Owens |
| Maintainer | John Owens |