Some Notes to the DC fonts, version 1.0, 13.2.1991
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     Attention !  This is the first version of the DC font
                  family. Not all will be error free.
                  Therefore comments and error reports
                  are wellcome to the address below.

                  Norbert Schwarz


The DC fonts, which are the first (pre) release of the EC fonts,
contain the text fonts of the "computer modern font family"
with a coding scheme, that has been defined in the Cork meeting of
TUG 1990 the "TeX 256 international character set".

The fonts are generated without specific driver files, like "dcr10.mf".
Instead a interpolation algorithm is used to set up the needed
parameters. A driver file has to contain only a specification of
"gensize" and a call to the global driver file.
A TeX run with the file "dcstdedt.tex" sets up a standard set of
size specifying files which call the parameter files.
By editing the file DCSTDEDT.TEX the wished size set can be
customized easily.

It is recommended to use "dxbase.mf" for installing a new
base file that is needed during the Metafont runs.
"DXBASE" and "CMBASE" are not compatible. "DXBASE" needs
the plain Metafont macros.

To generate a font "dcr60" a file "dcr60.mf" with the contents

       "gensize:=60; generate dcr"

is needed. To get a set with very small sizing steps only some files like

   dcr10p1.mf  containg:   gensize:=10.1; generate dcr
   dcr10p2.mf  containg:   gensize:=10.2; generate dcr
   dcr10p3.mf  containg:   gensize:=10.3; generate dcr
   dcr10p4.mf  containg:   gensize:=10.4; generate dcr
   dcr10p5.mf  containg:   gensize:=10.5; generate dcr

are needed ...


Some hints to the files:
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1.   All DX-files contain macros and shape definitions, exspecially
     "dxbase.mf" is the new base macro set.

2.   The DC-files contain the global font parameters used by
     the interpolation algorithm and are included after specifying
     the "gensize":

        DCB     .MF     bold
        DCBX    .MF     bold extended
        DCBXSL  .MF     bold extended slanted
        DCBXTI  .MF     italic bold extended
        DCCSC   .MF     caps and small caps
        DCDUNH  .MF     dunhill
        DCFF    .MF     funny roman
        DCFI    .MF     funny italic
        DCFIB   .MF     fibonacci
        DCITT   .MF     italic typewriter type
        DCR     .MF     roman
        DCSL    .MF     slanted
        DCSLTT  .MF     slanted typewriter type
        DCSS    .MF     sans serife
        DCSSBX  .MF     sans serife bold extended
        DCSSI   .MF     sans serife slanted
        DCTCSC  .MF     typewriter caps and small caps
        DCTI    .MF     italic
        DCTT    .MF     typewriter type
        DCU     .MF     italic unslanted
        DCVTT   .MF     variable typewriter type

3.  DOK.TEX

     a description (in german) of the code table


4.  GHYPHEN3.TEX

     hyphenation patterns for German, coded with respect to TeX 3.x



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              Norbert Schwarz
              Rechenzentrum Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
              Postfach 102148
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              D-4630 Bochum 1
              West Germany

              Email (X.400):

                   Norbert.Schwarz@RUBA.RZ.RUHR-UNI-BOCHUM.DBP.DE