Re: [Devel] .afm parsing

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I'm looking at ways to replace the custom font support in
> applications like groff and TeX with code based on freetype.  The
> advantages should be clear -- eliminating the many duplicate
> versions of the same metrics information, and the many steps needed
> to install fonts.

How shall this work?  For example, groff's metric files contain
additional information not available in the AFM files.  Do you suggest
that this data is added to the AFM files?


    Werner