Re: urg.

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> > I'm certain we can produce the PDF backend. It's just that I thought
> > it would be a convenient way to deal with TTF fonts.
> 
> Why do you think that TTFs are easier to handle than the OTFs we

Because in PDF, TTF can simply be inserted "as is", by copy & pasting
the font. 

> > Oh, of course I forgot another option: we can construct a Type42
> > font ourselves.
> 
> I discourage that.  You loose flexibility.  OTFs are much more
> compact.

I guess we have a  difference of opinion. I'll have a look over the
next weeks which option is the easiest to realize. 


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