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@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ VERSION 1.18.2 Troff ----- +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 ------ -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 ----- -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 ============== @@ -85,11 +94,11 @@ Troff ----- 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 |