Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:34:33 +0900 (JST) From: Hideo Kogoe <kogoe@Sun.COM> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/46327: obsolete version of the Computer Modern fonts Message-ID: <200212171234.gBHCYXS3006392@vaio.Japan.Sun.COM>
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>Number: 46327 >Category: ports >Synopsis: obsolete version of the Computer Modern fonts >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 17 04:40:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Hideo Kogoe >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Sun Microsystems >Environment: System: FreeBSD vaio.Japan.Sun.COM 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 18 14:46:18 JST 2002 root@vaio.Japan.Sun.COM:/usr/src/sys/compile/VAIO i386 SONY VAIO PCG-R505R/GK >Description: According to http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/cm.html, the Computer Modern fonts in the package collection are obsolete. Namely, the following packages have obsolete PK fonts. pkfonts118-1.0 pkfonts240-1.0 pkfonts300-1.0 pkfonts360-1.0 pkfonts400-1.0 pkfonts600-1.0 Donald Knuth is saying, "Please help me abolish the old forms from the typefaces of the earth. ... In fact, the old delta was so ugly, I couldn't stand to write papers using that symbol; now I can't stand to read papers that still do use it." >How-To-Repeat: $ cat >delta.tex $\delta$ \bye ^D $ tex delta $ dvips delta (compare the output with http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/cm.html) >Fix: Re-generate the PK fonts at each DPI. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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