Hi Branden, On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 09:08:22PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2024-04-16T03:02:28+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > > troff:<standard input>:1649: error: cannot load font 'TINOR' to > > > > mark it as special > > > > > > Your _FONTSDIR must point to a directory which has a subdirectory > > > called 'devpdf' which holds TINOR and UnifontM and a suitable > > > 'download' file which gives the location of the actual .pf[ab] files > > > (i.e. within texlive - no need to copy it). The difference, > > > with/without, is in the number of glyphs not found messages. > > > > I also need to understand what's that TINOR file, what type of file it > > is, and how I can get it. > > This, I can answer. It is a device-independent troff font description > file. It is a plain text file in a format documented by Brian Kernighan > originally in CSTR #97 in about 1982, then in the 1992 revision of CSTR > #54, and of course also in the groff_font(5) man page. > > The reason for the font description file is that traditionally digital > fonts were (1) restrictively licensed and (2) programs that used fonts > often didn't need the fonts themselves, but just descriptions of what > glyphs they contained and the dimensions ("metrics") of each glyph. It > is a rendering device that uses a digital font. A typesetter (or > graphical display system[1]) needs only to know the metrics of the > glyphs to that it can position them appropriately relative to each > other. > > This is why when PDF renderers substitute fonts, the result is often so > terribly ugly. The glyphs of the substituted font are placed in > positions appropriate to a font that may have different metrics. So > they are crowded or spaced out weirdly, the kerning is off, and so on. Thanks. Althoguh this doesn't answer how I can get it in Debian. And now I also wonder if I really need this file. groff(1) is reporting warnings that it's not able to use it, and it all still works. Maybe I don't need it at all? Have a lovely night! Alex -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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