Some Notes to the DC fonts, version 1.1, 1992-03-24 --------------------------------------------------- Attention ! This is the second 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: ------------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- C O P Y R I G H T ----------------- General permission for use and non-profit redistribution is granted. Commercial use is generally granted, if a reference copy of the product using this material - for use by the Rechenzentrum of the Ruhr-Universitaet - is received. Norbert Schwarz Rechenzentrum Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum Postfach 102148 Universitaetsstrasse 150 D-4630 Bochum 1 West Germany Email (X.400): Norbert.Schwarz@RUBA.RZ.RUHR-UNI-BOCHUM.DBP.DE