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- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:36:23 -0500
- From: "Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley@example.com>
- Subject: Re: [tlug] Re: proposal for talk on LaTeX
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Will there be a video made of this talk, if it happens? I have been wanting to learn how to do CJK with LaTeX but haven't taken the time to figure it all out. Hearing a talk like this would probably be quite helpful. On Monday 27 August 2007 09:36, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote: >Here is a list of the topics I think are relevant for a talk on >understanding and using CJK with LaTeX: > >I. review of tex/latex structure, where everything goes in the TDS. > 1. system and local Tex trees > 2. the NFSS and font file generation > 3. PS (Type1), TTF, OTF, encoding vectors > 4. LaTeX/dvips and pdftex > 5. alternatives like luatex (in development), xetex, and others > >II. multilingual and CJK with LaTeX > 1. CJK package, babel, and multilingual LaTeX > 2. free fonts, encodings, and usage > 3. UTF8 particulars and generation of fonts > >III. examples of CJK documents and incorporation of commercial fonts > 1. basic modified business card for Japanese use > 2. enhancements with PSTricks and xcolor > 3. using Windows TTF fonts > a) fontforge and basics of editing fonts > i) making half-width katakana for Wadalab fonts > ii) making uneditable fonts editable > iii) breaking a huge CJK font into subfonts for LaTeX to use > b) converting TTFs for use with LaTeX > i) getting the TTF font (extracting, makingeditable) > ii) making subfonts > iii) making a map file > iv) making a font definition file > v) copying the files to the correct locations in the TDS > vi) rehashing and updating map files to let LaTeX and dvips >use the new fonts > vii) making a test file to show off the new fonts--how to get >ASCII to display! > c) [later I want to add this] how to use TTFs directly with pdftex > d) [maybe] discussion of OTF with LaTeX > 4. enhancing the business card with new fonts (latex/dvips and pdftex > routes) 5. making a presentation or poster with Japanese fonts > a) ppower4, powerdot, texpower, pdfscreen, sciposter, pspresent, >chaksem, beamer, > prosper, foiltex, pdfslide, ... > One example using powerdot for presentation and sciposter for > poster. (note on Texpoint and Aurora for MS Windows users using > Powerpoint). > >That's about it, all the stuff that I feel is vital to know for >creating customized font-rich documents. I'd guess one hour would be >sufficient, but I could make it shorter or longer as needed. > >Let me know what you think (additions, subtractions, anything I > forgot...) Cheers, Gernot -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA
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