[aplusdev] A+ font in PDF version of manuals

[John.Mizel at morganstanley.com]

Sasha.

http://www.aplusdev.org had been updated.

Thanks,
John


On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 John.Mizel at MorganStanley.com wrote:

> Sasha.
> 
> I'll replace the current versions,
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Alexander Skomorokhov wrote:
> 
> > I recreated pdf files of all three A+ manuals. It was tested under Windows
> > and Linux.
> > Work well even WITHOUT kapl.ttf installed. You may download them from my ftp
> > site:
> > 
> > ftp.obninsk.com
> > username=radftp
> > password=rad362
> > 
> > They are placed in directory A+
> > 
> > John, please take them and put on aplusdev site (replace old versions).
> > 
> > I am sorry that the first attempt was not tested properly. But it was good
> > for
> > diagnostics purposes. Files were uploaded in May and only in late November
> > somebody found this font bug:-)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Sasha.
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: aplusdev-return-358-askom=obninsk.com at d13.com
> > > [mailto:aplusdev-return-358-askom=obninsk.com at d13.com]On Behalf
> > > Of Duane Tarr
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 12:15 AM
> > > To: aplusdev at d13.com
> > > Subject: Re: [aplusdev] A+ font in PDF version of manuals
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 02:08:08PM +0300, Alexander Skomorokhov wrote:
> > > > Duane,
> > > >
> > > > > How about under Linux and Ghostscript/view?  I can't see the A+
> > > > > fonts either.
> > > > I never tried them on Linux. Yes, for some reason it doesn't
> > > show proper A+
> > > > font...
> > > >
> > > > > How were these pdf's built?  Ghostview indicates ms word format.
> > > > I build these docs with Adobe Distiller from MS Word docs. It
> > > told something
> > > > about "use of proprietary fonts", but I thought that people may get font
> > > > from web.
> > > > Now I see that for Linux it doesn't help.
> > >
> > >
> > > I saw your post on comp.text.tex the other day, and it made me wonder if
> > > LaTeX/TeX had been used in their creation.  Have you used the CMAPL font
> > > from CTAN?  Perhaps these documents could be translated to TeX format
> > > and the CMAPL fonts used.  I do not recall any licensing restrictions on
> > > their use, but I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > Do the documentation sources exist in other than in html?
> > > > I have MS Word documents for these stuff. Tell me if you want them.
> > >
> > > Yes, please.  I may try to translate them to LaTeX even though I am no
> > > expert.  My email address should work.
> > >
> > > Morgan Stanley folks: Do you have any problem with translating the help
> > > documents to LaTeX and then PDF?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Duane Tarr
> > > Faith is simply not necessary.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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