Ok, after a lot of head-banging I came to the solution to the problem.
The issue is that .tfm files produced by ttf2tfm or afm2tfm do not retain ligature and kerning information, although the format does allow for it! This is not mentioned in most documentation or tutorials.
The correct way to go ...
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- Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:57 pm
- Forum: Fonts & Character Sets
- Topic: No ligatures, hyphenation, or kerning using custom ttf font
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- Topic: No ligatures, hyphenation, or kerning using custom ttf font
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No ligatures, hyphenation, or kerning using custom ttf font
Hi all!
I have recently started experimenting with LaTeX and have come to a point where I need to use my custom fonts with pdfLaTeX. I know I would have less trouble with XeLaTeX but I would like to be able to use the microtype package. I managed to convert my custom fonts to use with LaTeX, but I ...
I have recently started experimenting with LaTeX and have come to a point where I need to use my custom fonts with pdfLaTeX. I know I would have less trouble with XeLaTeX but I would like to be able to use the microtype package. I managed to convert my custom fonts to use with LaTeX, but I ...
