From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Dec 17 4:40: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D45AA37B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 04:40:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A53B43ED1 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 04:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBHCe1x3076218 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 04:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBHCe1AJ076217; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 04:40:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 653E437B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 04:34:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from patan.sun.com (patan.Sun.COM [192.18.98.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C967D43EDC for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 04:34:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kogoe@japan.sun.com) Received: from cedar.Japan.Sun.COM ([129.158.31.243]) by patan.sun.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA03581 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:34:34 -0700 (MST) Received: from vaio.Japan.Sun.COM (eslab204 [10.14.3.204]) by cedar.Japan.Sun.COM (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id gBHCYXI02308 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:34:33 +0900 (JST) Received: from vaio.Japan.Sun.COM (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vaio.Japan.Sun.COM (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBHCYXer006393 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:34:33 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from kogoe@vaio.Japan.Sun.COM) Received: (from kogoe@localhost) by vaio.Japan.Sun.COM (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBHCYXS3006392; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:34:33 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <200212171234.gBHCYXS3006392@vaio.Japan.Sun.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:34:33 +0900 (JST) From: Hideo Kogoe Reply-To: Hideo Kogoe To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: ports/46327: obsolete version of the Computer Modern fonts Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 46327 >Category: ports >Synopsis: obsolete version of the Computer Modern fonts >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 17 04:40:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Hideo Kogoe >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Sun Microsystems >Environment: System: FreeBSD vaio.Japan.Sun.COM 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 18 14:46:18 JST 2002 root@vaio.Japan.Sun.COM:/usr/src/sys/compile/VAIO i386 SONY VAIO PCG-R505R/GK >Description: According to http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/cm.html, the Computer Modern fonts in the package collection are obsolete. Namely, the following packages have obsolete PK fonts. pkfonts118-1.0 pkfonts240-1.0 pkfonts300-1.0 pkfonts360-1.0 pkfonts400-1.0 pkfonts600-1.0 Donald Knuth is saying, "Please help me abolish the old forms from the typefaces of the earth. ... In fact, the old delta was so ugly, I couldn't stand to write papers using that symbol; now I can't stand to read papers that still do use it." >How-To-Repeat: $ cat >delta.tex $\delta$ \bye ^D $ tex delta $ dvips delta (compare the output with http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/cm.html) >Fix: Re-generate the PK fonts at each DPI. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message