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Use a TrueType font

2011-10-02T22:23:37Z

Khaled:

A TrueType (or Openype) font can be used without going through a TFM or an OFM file, like in XeTeX.

For plain/LaTeX you are better using the package luaotfload, on the CTAN, and developped here: http://github.com/khaledhosny/luaotfload/, ConTeXt have this functionality built-in.

The code shows how we can use the table of a TrueType font to produce an internal TeX font table:

<pre>
\pdfoutput1
\directlua{
callback.register("define_font",
function(name, size)
local fonttype, f
local fonttype = string.match(string.lower(name), "otf$") and "opentype"
or string.match(string.lower(name), "ttf$") and "truetype"

if fonttype then
filename = kpse.find_file(name, "opentype fonts") or kpse.find_file(name, "truetype fonts")
if size < 0 then
size = (- 655.36) * size
end
ttffont = fontloader.to_table(fontloader.open(filename))
if ttffont then
f = { }
f.name = ttffont.fontname
f.fullname = ttffont.names[1].names.fullname
f.parameters = { }
f.designsize = size
f.size = size
f.direction = 0
f.parameters.slant = 0
f.parameters.space = size * 0.25
f.parameters.space_stretch = 0.3 * size
f.parameters.space_shrink = 0.1 * size
f.parameters.x_height = 0.4 * size
f.parameters.quad = 1.0 * size
f.parameters.extra_space = 0
f.characters = { }
local mag = size / ttffont.units_per_em

local names_of_char = { }
for char, glyph in pairs(ttffont.map.map) do
names_of_char[ttffont.glyphs[glyph].name] = ttffont.map.backmap[glyph]
end

for char, glyph in pairs(ttffont.map.map) do
local glyph_table = ttffont.glyphs[glyph]

f.characters[char] = {
index = glyph,
width = glyph_table.width * mag,
name = glyph_table.name }
if glyph_table.boundingbox[4] then
f.characters[char].height = glyph_table.boundingbox[4] * mag
end
if glyph_table.boundingbox[2] then
f.characters[char].depth = -glyph_table.boundingbox[2] * mag
end

if glyph_table.kerns then
local kerns = { }
for _, kern in pairs(glyph_table.kerns) do
kerns[names_of_char[kern.char]] = kern.off * mag
end
f.characters[char].kerns = kerns
end
end

f.filename = filename
f.type = "real"
f.format = fonttype
f.embedding = "subset"
f.cidinfo = {
registry = "Adobe",
ordering = "Identity",
supplement = 0,
version = 1 }
end
else
f = font.read_tfm(name, size)
end
return f
end)
}
</pre>

The index of the <tt>f.characters</tt> table is the Unicode value, among the properties of each entry of that table we have <tt>index</tt> which is the glyph index. Using this property we get the mapping between Unicode characters and glyphs. Kerning is handled via TeX font LKP.

What is missing in the code above is better calculation of standard TeX font parameters and OpenType features.

Use a TrueType font

2011-10-02T22:22:57Z

Khaled: correct link and stuff

A TrueType (or Openype) font can be used without going through a TFM or an OFM file, like in XeTeX.

For plain/LaTeX you are better using the package luaotfload, on the CTAN, and developped here: http://github.com/khaledhosn/luaotfload/, ConTeXt have this functionality built-in.

The code shows how we can use the table of a TrueType font to produce an internal TeX font table:

<pre>
\pdfoutput1
\directlua{
callback.register("define_font",
function(name, size)
local fonttype, f
local fonttype = string.match(string.lower(name), "otf$") and "opentype"
or string.match(string.lower(name), "ttf$") and "truetype"

if fonttype then
filename = kpse.find_file(name, "opentype fonts") or kpse.find_file(name, "truetype fonts")
if size < 0 then
size = (- 655.36) * size
end
ttffont = fontloader.to_table(fontloader.open(filename))
if ttffont then
f = { }
f.name = ttffont.fontname
f.fullname = ttffont.names[1].names.fullname
f.parameters = { }
f.designsize = size
f.size = size
f.direction = 0
f.parameters.slant = 0
f.parameters.space = size * 0.25
f.parameters.space_stretch = 0.3 * size
f.parameters.space_shrink = 0.1 * size
f.parameters.x_height = 0.4 * size
f.parameters.quad = 1.0 * size
f.parameters.extra_space = 0
f.characters = { }
local mag = size / ttffont.units_per_em

local names_of_char = { }
for char, glyph in pairs(ttffont.map.map) do
names_of_char[ttffont.glyphs[glyph].name] = ttffont.map.backmap[glyph]
end

for char, glyph in pairs(ttffont.map.map) do
local glyph_table = ttffont.glyphs[glyph]

f.characters[char] = {
index = glyph,
width = glyph_table.width * mag,
name = glyph_table.name }
if glyph_table.boundingbox[4] then
f.characters[char].height = glyph_table.boundingbox[4] * mag
end
if glyph_table.boundingbox[2] then
f.characters[char].depth = -glyph_table.boundingbox[2] * mag
end

if glyph_table.kerns then
local kerns = { }
for _, kern in pairs(glyph_table.kerns) do
kerns[names_of_char[kern.char]] = kern.off * mag
end
f.characters[char].kerns = kerns
end
end

f.filename = filename
f.type = "real"
f.format = fonttype
f.embedding = "subset"
f.cidinfo = {
registry = "Adobe",
ordering = "Identity",
supplement = 0,
version = 1 }
end
else
f = font.read_tfm(name, size)
end
return f
end)
}
</pre>

The index of the <tt>f.characters</tt> table is the Unicode value, among the properties of each entry of that table we have <tt>index</tt> which is the glyph index. Using this property we get the mapping between Unicode characters and glyphs. Kerning is handled via TeX font LKP.

What is missing in the code above is better calculation of standard TeX font parameters and OpenType features.