PXjodel Package

LaTeX: To help change metrics of the fonts of japanese-otf package

This package changes the setup of the japanese-otf package, so that the TFMs for direct input are all replaced by new ones with prefixed names; for exmaple, nmlminr-h will be replaced by foo--nmlminr-h, where foo is the prefix specified by the user.

This function will assist the users who want to use japamese-otf package together with tailored TFMs of Japanese fonts.

Note: The name “jodel” stands for “Japanese Otf DELuxe” (and “deluxe” is a package option of japanese-otf) and is not at all related to yodel singing (although some sense of word-play is intended).

Note: The “jodel” part of the package name stands for “japanese-otf deluxe”. Here “deluxe” is the name of japanese-otf’s option for employing multi-weight Japanese font families. This option is probably the most likely reason for using japanese-otf. So this package is really about japanese-otf’s “deluxe” option, hence the name. It is not related to yodel singing, although some sense of word-play is intended.

System requirement

• TeX format: LaTeX.
  • TeX engine: pTeX / upTeX (including its derivatives).
  • DVI drivers: Anything that supports JFMs and VFs.
  • Dependent packages:
    • japanese-otf
      • ifptex
      • xkeyval

Installation

• *.sty → $TEXMF/tex/platex/pxjodel/
  • tfm/*.tfm → $TEXMF/fonts/tfm/public/pxjodel/
  • vf/*.vf → $TEXMF/fonts/vf/public/pxjodel/

License

This package is distributed under the MIT License.

The pxjodel Package ― main

Note: The manual pxjodel.pdfin( Japanese) describes how to utilize this package to customize the metrics of the fonts of japanese-otf package.

Package Loading

\usepackage[<option>,...]{pxjodel}

Available options are:

• prefix=<string>: Specifies the prefix for new TFM names, actually the prefix <string>-- will be prepended to names; prefix=foo will replace nmlminr-h with foo--nmlminr-h.
  • All other options are passed to japanese-otf. Note that if you use this mechanism, you must not load japanese-otf before this package.

When this package is loaded, japanese-otf will be automatically loaded unless it is already loaded. Once the package is loaded, the NFSS settings for the fonts of japanese-otf will be redeclared.

Usage

For present, this package has no public commands. All the settings are done through the package option.

Revision History

• Version 0.3 〈2020/05/04〉
  • Add VFs of 'jodhminrn' family.
  • Version 0.2a 〈2019/02/12〉
    • Remove unnecessaty files.
  • Version 0.2 〈2019/02/02〉
    • The first public version.

Takayuki YATO (aka. "ZR") https://github.com/zr-tex8r