Using OpenType and TrueType fonts in LaTeX
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Martin Rubli, 2006-01-18


References:
  http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/info/TrueType/
  ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/fontname/html/
  http://www.se.eecs.uni-kassel.de/~thm/OpenOffice.org/bugs.html
  http://www.tug.org/texlive/devsrc/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fontinst/base/talks/et99-font-tutorial.pdf
  http://ipe.compgeom.org/pdftex_1.html


Convert OpenType fonts to TrueType fonts
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otf2ttf script:

	#!/usr/bin/fontforge
	# otf2ttf: Quick and dirty hack: converts a font to truetype (.ttf), works only with one font.
	Print("Opening "+$1);
	Open($1);
	Print("Saving "+$1:r+".ttf");
	Generate($1:r+".ttf");
	Quit(0);

Use the following command to convert multiple fonts:

	for font in *.otf; do otf2ttf $font; done


Determine the Berry font name
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ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/fontname/html/

We use the 'Meridien LT Std' font as an example:

In our case, ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/fontname/html/Adobe-fonts.html contains the following lines:

	pmdb8a    Meridien-Bold                     A    112    m0b_____
	pmdbi8a   Meridien-BoldItalic               A    112    m0bi____
	pmdri8a   Meridien-Italic                   A    112    m0i_____
	pmdr8a    Meridien-Roman                    A    112    m0r_____

So the supplier/family identifier is 'pmd'.


Convert TrueType fonts for use in LaTeX
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1. Rename the TrueType font files according to the Berry font name scheme

2. Generating the Postscript Type1 fonts:

	ttf2pt1 -a -e pmdb8a.ttf pmdb8a
	ttf2pt1 -a -b pmdb8a.ttf pmdb8a
	ttf2pt1 -a -e pmdbi8a.ttf pmdbi8a
	ttf2pt1 -a -b pmdbi8a.ttf pmdbi8a
	ttf2pt1 -a -e pmdr8a.ttf pmdr8a
	ttf2pt1 -a -b pmdr8a.ttf pmdr8a
	ttf2pt1 -a -e pmdri8a.ttf pmdri8a
	ttf2pt1 -a -b pmdri8a.ttf pmdri8a

   Remember the font names output by the ttf2pt1 tool:

	FontName MeridienLTStd-Bold
	FontName MeridienLTStd-BoldItalic
	FontName MeridienLTStd-Roman
	FontName MeridienLTStd-Italic

3. Generating the TEX related font files

	tex fontinst.sty
	* \latinfamily{pmd}{} \bye

	for f in *.pl; do pltotf $f; done
	for f in *.vpl; do vptovf $f; done
	rm *.pl *.vpl *.mtx

4. Move the files to the right places

	export TMF=`kpsexpand '$TEXMFLOCAL'`

	for f in tfm vf pfa afm ttf; do
		mkdirhier $TMF/fonts/$f/adobe/meridien
		mv -v *.$f $TMF/fonts/$f/adobe/meridien
	done
	mkdirhier $TMF/fonts/type1/adobe/meridien
	mv -v *.pfb $TMF/fonts/type1/adobe/meridien

	mkdirhier $TMF/tex/latex/psnfss
	mv -v *.fd $TMF/tex/latex/psnfss

5. Make dvips find the new fonts

config.meridien:

	o
	p +meridien.map

meridien.map:

	pmdb8r MeridienLTStd-Bold "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdb8a.pfb
	pmdbo8r MeridienLTStd-Bold "0.167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdb8a.pfb
	pmdbi8r MeridienLTStd-BoldItalic "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdbi8a.pfb
	pmdboi8r MeridienLTStd-BoldItalic "0.167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdbi8a.pfb
	pmdr8r MeridienLTStd-Roman "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdr8a.pfb
	pmdro8r MeridienLTStd-Roman "0.167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdr8a.pfb
	pmdri8r MeridienLTStd-Italic "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdri8a.pfb
	pmdrio8r MeridienLTStd-Italic "0.167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pmdri8a.pfb

Register the font map:

	mkdir -p $TMF/dvips/meridien
	cp meridien.map config.meridien $TMF/dvips/meridien
	texhash
	updmap --enable Map meridien.map

6. Usage of the new font

a) Insert the following line at the top of your document:

	\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{pmd}\rmfamily

b) Create a new package and use it with \usepackage{meridien}:

$TMF/tex/latex/psnfss/meridien.sty:

	%%
	%% Use Meridien as default font
	%%
	\ProvidesPackage{meridien}%
	[2006/01/18 Meridien font as default sf font
	]
	\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{pmd}
	\endinput
	%%