Using Bitstream Zapf Elliptical 711 (=Melior) with LaTeX
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                                                            2005-02-08
                                                      Michael Gaehrken
                                                      mgaehrken@gmx.de

This archive contains all required files for using Bitstream Zapf
Elliptical 711, a clone of Melior, with LaTeX, with the exception of the
font itself, which is _not_ included. The font can be bought from
Bitstream, and is included in some versions of CoralDraw.

This bundle includes a fixed \textmu and a \texteuro. The original
\textmu provided by Bitstream is italic in all fonts, and does not match
the fonts very well, and must therefore be considered defect. The new
\texteuro is provided, because some older versions of the fonts do not
include a Euro symbol. Please tell me your impression of the glyphs,
because both shapes are own designs.


--------------------------   Installation   --------------------------

This describtion assumes a TDS-compliant TeX system!

1) Unpack the archive. The archive contains all files in their correct
position in a virtual texmf-tree, therefore you only need to move the
files to their corresponding location in your local texmf-tree. Some of
the directories might have to be created first.

2) Install the PFB-files. At first, you have to rename your fonts
according to the following table. Depending on the source of your fonts,
they may have different names.

Bitstream:      Corel:              TeX:
0051A___.PFB    zelp711n.pfb    ->  bmlr8a.pfb      (Roman)
0052A___.PFB    zelp711i.pfb    ->  bmlri8a.pfb     (RomanItalic)
0053A___.PFB    zelp711b.pfb    ->  bmlb8a.pfb      (Bold)
0054A___.PFB    zel711bi.pfb    ->  bmlbi8a.pfb     (BoldItalic)

The resulting four PFB-files have to be moved to
texmf/fonts/type1/bitstrea/melior/ in your local texmf-tree.

3) Install the AFM-files. Rename the AFM-files according to the table
above, and move them to texmf/fonts/afm/bitstrea/melior/

4) Update your filename database. If your tex system maintains a
filename database, you might have to update manually now. Please consult
the documentation of your tex system.

5) Enable the map file. Please consult the documentation of your tex
system, how to enable the additional font map "bml.map", which is
located in texmf/dvips/config/ and texmf/fonts/map/dvips. Under teTeX
2.0 and later, run the following commands:

    texhash
    updmap --enable Map bml.map

For other distributions, please consult your documentation!


-------------------   Using the fonts with LaTeX   -------------------

The supplied package "bmelior.sty" selects Bitstream Zapf Elliptical 711
as the default serif font. The package supports the following option:

  scaled=<scale>: Loads the font scaled by <scale>.

Most of the code used in this package is adapted from packages by Walter
Schmidt.

Using the font without scaling is also possible by simply using the
command

  \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{bml}


-----------------------   Shapes and Series   ------------------------

bml:
n (roman):      n (normal), it (italic)
b (bold):       n (normal), it (italic)

All fonts are available only T1 and TS1 encoded, so you should include
the following commands in you preamble:

    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage{textcomp}

Neither OT1 nor LY1 are supported at the moment.


----------------------------   History   -----------------------------

2005-02-08 revised kerning
           new \texteuro and \textmu
           removed \slshape
2004-10-31 inital release


----------------------------    Legal    -----------------------------

This bundle "bmelior.tgz" and the included files are
    Copyright (c) 2004--2005 Michael Gaehrken

Distribution of single files prohibited.

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Michael Gaehrken
mgaehrken@gmx.de