Re: [tlug] Re: proposal for talk on LaTeX

["Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley@example.com>]

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

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