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