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Article #337Re: Changes to Utopia, Courier Type 1 font programs (2.4.1 to 2.5)?
From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 04:48
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 04:48
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Re <9209030426.AA18298@cookie-crisp> <182r85INN4hk@agate.berkeley.edu>: > I noticed that the Courier and Utopia Type 1 fonts provided with GS 2.5 > have been (at least) reformatted from those provided with GS 2.4.1. > The 2.4.1 versions had some pseudo-structured comments at the top, and > used eexec; the 2.5 versions don't have the structured comments, and > don't use eexec. > > Any particular reason for the change? The 2.5 versions are a bit smaller and load considerably faster. I didn't see any reason to keep the eexec encryption. I also got rid of some mystifying unmapped characters with peculiar 8-character names. Nothing else was changed. L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 voice ; no fax yet "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!udel!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!aladdin.COM!ghost From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Subject: Re: Changes to Utopia, Courier Type 1 font programs (2.4.1 to 2.5)? Message-ID: <9209022148.1.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Distribution: gnu Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:48:21 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 21