1.2 References ¶
Related files and distributions:
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The TeX Directory Structure (TDS) standard, available at
(https://tug.org/tds and CTAN:/tds) specifies a
directory tree for all TeX library files. The directory names
given in Suppliers and Typefaces are intended to mesh with
that standard.
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The modes.mf file (ftp://tug.org/tex/modes.mf)
contains recommended mode names to use as directory names.
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The Fontinst distribution (https://tug.org/applications/fontinst
supports quite general creation of virtual fonts, named according to the
scheme given here.
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The Dvips translator (https://tug.org/dvips) supports resident
and downloadable PostScript fonts. Dvips was the first place where
Fontname became widely known. Dvips also includes Afm2tfm, another
program that can create virtual fonts.
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The Dviljk processor (included in TeX Live) contains TeX support
for the fonts built into the LaserJet 4.
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‘Designing New Typefaces with Metafont’, by Richard Southall,
Stanford Computer Science Department Technical Report STAN-CS-85-1074,
September 1985, for a comprehensive terminology of font design.