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authorwlemb <wlemb>2003-01-21 14:09:26 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2003-01-21 14:09:26 +0000
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* NEWS: Updated.
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@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ VERSION 1.18.2
Troff
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+o Non-slanted PostScript metrics have been changed again; they no longer
+ contain negative left italic correction values. This assures correct
+ spacing with eqn.
+
o Composite glyphs are now supported. To do this, a subset of the Adobe
Glyph List (AGL) Algorithm as described in
@@ -68,15 +72,20 @@ o The font `freeeuro.pfa' has been added to provide various default glyph
Grotty
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-o New option -r. It is similar to the -i option except it tells grotty to
+o New option `-r'. It is similar to the -i option except it tells grotty to
use the `reverse video' attribute to render italic fonts.
Refer
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-o The environment variable $REFER to override the name of the default
+o The environment variable `REFER' to override the name of the default
database isn't new but hasn't been documented before.
+Afmtodit
+--------
+
+o New option `-m' to prevent negative left italic correction values.
+
VERSION 1.18.1
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@@ -85,11 +94,11 @@ Troff
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o The non-slanted PostScript font definition files have been regenerated to
- include left and right italic correction values. Applying those to a glyph
- (this is, prepending the glyph with `\,' and appending `\/' to the glyph)
- sets the glyph width to the real value given by the horizontal bounding
- box values. Without those escapes, the advance width for the particular
- glyph is used (which can differ considerably).
+ include left and right italic correction values. Applying those to a
+ glyph (this is, prepending the glyph with `\,' and appending `\/' to the
+ glyph) sets the glyph width to the real value given by the horizontal
+ bounding box values. Without those escapes, the advance width for the
+ particular glyph is used (which can differ considerably).
Most users will neither need this feature nor notice a difference in
existing documents (provided \, and \/ is used as advertised, namely for