Using Bitstream's ITC New Baskerville with LaTeX
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                                                            2007-09-21
                                                      Michael Gaehrken
                                                      mgaehrken@gmx.de

This archive contains all required files for using Bitstream's ITC New
Baskerville 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 CorelDraw.

This distribution includes a script to (optionally) generate SmallCaps
and Oldstyle figures. The SmallCaps and Oldstyle Figures generated by
this distribution are inferior compared to the originals available e.g.
from Adobe, but better than "faked SmallCaps". If you can affort to buy
the original fonts, please do it.

If you don't want to create the SmallCaps and Oldstyle Figures, just
skip step 4) during the installation.

Only basic hinting is applied to the SC/OsF-fonts.


--------------------------   Requirements   --------------------------

A recent version of the program FontForge is required to create the
SmallCaps and Oldstyle Figures. It is available for free from
<http://fontforge.sf.net>. Please install it according to the
instructions supplied on that site.


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

This describtion assumes a TDS-compliant TeX system.

1) Unpack the archive. The archive contains the following files and
folders:
    bnewbask.txt: This file
    NewBask.pe: Script-file for use with FontForge
    NewBask-Suppl.sfd: Font with a few characters, used by NewBask.pe
    texmf/: Folder with all files required by TeX

2) Install the TeX/LaTeX files. The folder "texmf" contains all files
for TeX/LaTeX 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 directorys might have to
be created first.

3) Prepare 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:
0930A___.PFB    newbaskn.pfb    ->  bnbr8a.pfb      (Roman)
0931A___.PFB    newbaski.pfb    ->  bnbri8a.pfb     (RomanItalic)
0934A___.PFB    newbaskb.pfb    ->  bnbb8a.pfb      (Bold)
0935A___.PFB    newbasbi.pfb    ->  bnbbi8a.pfb     (BoldItalic)

Copy the files "NewBask.pe" and "NewBask-Suppl.sfd" into the directory
containing the (renamed) fonts.

4) Create the new fonts. Open a terminal and change into the directory
used in 3). Then run the following command to convert the fonts:

    fontforge -script NewBask.pe

You might get some warning messages, just ignore them. 

5) Install the fonts. The resulting eight PFB-files created under 4)
have to be moved to texmf/fonts/type1/bitstrea/newbask/ (probably you
have to create the directory first) in your local texmf-tree.

6) 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.

7) Enable the map file. Please consult the documentation of your tex
system, how to enable the additional font map "bnb.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 bnb.map

For other distributions, please consult your documentation!


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

The supplied package "bnewbask.sty" selects Bitstream's ITC New
Baskerville as the default serif font. As default it loads lining
figures. The package supports the following options:

  osf: Load font with oldstyle figures

  scaled=<scale>: Load font scaled by <scale>.

  commands: Load additional commands for selecting the font styles not
    supported by the LaTeX font management:
      -\osstyle, \textos{...} selects oldstyle figures
      -\lnstyle, \textln{...} selects lining figures
    Those commands are taken from "The Font Installation Guide" by
    Philipp Lehman.

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


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

bnb: (with lining figures)
n (roman):      n (normal), it (italic), sc (Smallcaps)
b (bold):       n (normal), it (italic)

bnbj: (with oldstyle figures)
n (roman):      n (normal), it (italic), sc (Smallcaps)
b (bold):       n (normal), it (italic)

The use of the (obsolete) OT1-encoding is depreciated, and therefore you
should include the following commands in the preamble of your document:

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

LY1 is not supported at the moment.


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

2007-09-21  slight changes to "NewBask.pe" and "NewBask-Suppl.sfd"
            removed slanted ("sl") shape
2004-12-11  Added OT1 encoded fonts
2004-09-19  Inital release


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

This bundle "bnewbask.tgz" and the included files are
    Copyright (c) 2004--2007 Michael Gaehrken

Distribution of single files prohibited.

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Michael Gaehrken
mgaehrken@gmx.de