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A font library VFlib version 3.6.10
Hirotsugu Kakugawa, Hiroshima Univ
h.kakugawa@computer.org
VFlib is a font library written in C language with several functions
to obtain bitmaps of fonts. Unique feature of VFlib is that fonts
in different formats are accessed by unified interface.
For more information, refer to the following URL:
http://TypeHack.aial.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/VFlib/
In this home page, you can obtain documents on VFlib.
VFlib supports the following font formats:
TeX fonts: PK, GF, VF, TFM
Omega TeX fonts: OFM (level 0), OVF
X Window fonts: PCF, BDF
Other fonts: TrueType, Type 1, HBF, Syotai Club, JG, ekanji
* The FreeType library version 1.2 is used for
TrueType format support. Install it before you install VFlib.
* The T1Lib library version 1.0 is used for Type 1
format support. Install it before you install VFlib.
* Kpathsae library 3.2 (in web2c-7.2) is used for
font file search. Install it before you install VFlib.
* Syotai Club and JG are font formats for Japanese Kanji characters.
VFlib version 3 supports fonts for various languages. (VFlib versions
1 and 2 supports only Japanese Kanji fonts.)
I also developed the TeX-Guy packaged, which is a set of previewers
and printer drivers for TeX DVI files using VFlib.
http://TypeHack.aial.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/TeX-Guy/
At this moment, only Unix-like operating systems are supported.
VFlib is tested on FreeBSD 3.2/4.3.
You must write makefiles by yourself to compile
VFlib on Windows {3.1, 95, 98, NT}, for example. (Since GNU
autoconf and GNU libtool are used to compile programs in VFlib,
porting may not simple. I'm not sure.) But the source code itself
contain less Unix-specific parts. Please let me know if you
successfully ported VFlib to non-Unix systems.
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