Changes for version 1.01
- PostScript::Font: TrueType fonts are handled by means of converting to Type42 using the 'ttftot42' tool.
- This program will be used automatically if it can be located on the PATH. Alternatively, you can set the variable $PostScript::Font::ttftot42 to the name of the ttftot42 command on your system.
- See: http://ftp.giga.or.at/pub/nih/ttftot42 for details.
- fontsampler: Correct clipping for page 2 and higher.
- All modules: add value 'ignore' for error option.
- PostScript::FontMetrics: Handle True Type fonts by extracting the metrics using the 'ttftot42' tool. See above.
- PostScript::FontMetrics: Use encoding info. New 'kstring' method returns a vector of strings and displacements, suitable for typesetting a text with kerning and a given additional stretch.
- PostScript::Resources: New module, parses a Unix PostScript Resource (UPR) file.
- See the specification of the Adobe Display PostScript Toolkit for X, URL: http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/devrelations/PDFS/TN/DPS.refmanuals.TK.pdf
- The format of the font resources file is described in appendix A of this document.
- example: Added an example program to illustrate how these modules can be used for basis PostScript typesetting.
Documentation
make sample pages from PostScript fonts
Modules
module to fetch data from PostScript fonts
module to fetch data from PostScript font .inf files
module to fetch data from Adobe Font Metrics file
module to fetch data from Unix PostScript Resource '.upr' files