Adapting to OpenType Fonts
Anish Mehta, Gábor Bella, Yannis Haralambous · 2003
Nowadays, TEX and its successors still use METAFONT or PostScript Type 1 as their primary font formats, while the “outside world” is moving on to OpenType, a likely candidate for the future font standard in computer-based typography. The project we are going to present in this article representsthefirststepofalong-termplanofadaptingthefull systemtoOpenType. Asaresultof our work, the first version of a new, OpenType-compatible odvipsis available. This article presents the basic concepts of our solution as well as our further development plans for the project. Resume De nos jours, TEX et ses successeurs utilisent toujours METAFONT ou type 1 comme principaux formats de fonte alors que le «monde reel» se tourne de plus en plus vers OpenType, un candidat tres probable pour etre le format de fonte standard du futur. Le projet presente dans cet article est la premiere etape vers une adaptation d’ a OpenType. Notre resultat est une nouvelle version d’odvips, compatible OpenType. Cet article presente les concepts de base de notre solution ainsi que nos projets de developpement futurs.