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From: mfc@medoc.ec.bull.fr (Matt.Caprile)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: How to create composite characters ?
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Date: 18 Sep 90 22:52:08 GMT
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I am trying to re-encode a font dictionary for ISO 8859/2 (characters
for Eastern Europe), and am at a loss about how to create composite
characters from existing characters and accents. (Example: creating
/Zacute from the two characters /Z and /acute that already exist in
the font).  I looked thru all of the Reference Manuals for
PostScript, to no avail.

I found:
  Red Book:
    Page 95, footnote. Mentions restrictions of use, but no info on
      how to create.
  Blue Book:
    Page 200, and 211. Again, restriction of use, no help here.

  Green Book:
    A section on Composite Characters !! (Pg. 117) But all it says is:
     "for character combinations which are not already included in
      the font, some extra steps must be taken..."  Grrrrr...

Can someone enlighten me ?? It can't be all that difficult, can it ??

thanks,
  matt.caprile@ec.bull.fr

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