We must limit ourselves to eight character names, for compatibility with DOS filesystems and the ISO 9660 standard used for CD-ROM distribution. Names may consist of only the letters (monocase), numerals, and underscore.
Here is the basic division of the eight characters (the spaces here are merely for readability):
S TT W [V...] [N] [E] [DD]
where
The weight, variants, and width are probably all best taken from the original name of the font, instead of trying to relate them to some external standard.
The supplier is the source of a font, typically a (digital) type foundry.
You should use the supplier letter which matches the supplier you obtained the font from, not the original source; for example, Avant Garde was designed by Herb Lubalin for ITC, but Adobe also sells it. The name of the font that you get from Adobe should start with `p'. This is because font resellers typically make modifications to the original design.
Notes on specific suppliers:
Here is the table from the file `supplier.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation, directory name, and comment.
9 unknown a autologi Autologic b bitstrea Bitstream c cg Compugraphic d dtc Digital Typeface Corporation e apple Apple f public freely distributable (e.g., public domain) g gnu Free Software Foundation h bh Bigelow & Holmes i itc International Typeface Corporation k softkey SoftKey l linotype Linotype m monotype Monotype n ibm IBM o corel Corel p adobe Adobe (`p' for PostScript) r - raw (for [obsolete] use with virtual fonts) s sun Sun u urw URW z - bizarre (fontname is nonstandard)
For our purposes, a typeface is a collection of related fonts.
We sometimes use the same typeface abbreviation for fonts with different supplier names, where we know (usually by inspection) that the fonts truly are the same. This helps conserve abbreviations.
Notes on specific typefaces:
Here is the table, from the file `typeface.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and directory name, possibly followed by PostScript `FontName's and/or a comment in roman. The `FontName' may be preceded by a letter s and a `:', as in `b:Dutch'. In that case, the s is a supplier abbreviation, and we've used that abbreviation for the given `FontName' from that supplier.
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The weight of a font specifies its boldness. Arranged from lightest to heaviest (more or less):
hairline, extra light, light book, regular, medium demibold, semibold, bold, extra bold, heavy black, ultra, poster
Here is the table, from the file `weight.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and any parts of a PostScript `FontName' which use that abbreviation.
a Thin Hairline b Bold c Black d Demi h Heavy Heavyface j ExtraLight k Book l Light m Medium p Poster r Regular Roman s Semibold u Ultra UltraBlack x ExtraBold ExtraBlack
Variants include typeface variations (e.g., italic, sans serif), and font encodings (e.g., Adobe standard, TeX text).
A fontname may require multiple variants. To resolve the worst ambiguities, we specify that any encoding variant (`7', `8', or `9', see below) come last and any other numeral variant come first (to avoid confusion with a design size). We recommend but do not require that the other variants be given in alphabetical order. (It's not required because it's too painful to implement the sorting in TeX, and many existing names already have non-alphabetized variants.)
The letterspacing possibilities introduced by fontinst and
virtual fonts have not yet become sufficiently widespread to make
standardization beneficial. Likewise for the many possible ways to
generate small caps fonts.
Notes on specific variants, both old and new:
\lslash and \Lslash macros can be made to work via
ligatures. See the file `T1.etx' file in the fontinst
distribution for details.
If a name does not contain a specific encoding variant, its encoding is
unspecified. For example, some of the fonts distributed with Dvips(k)
have names like `ptmr' for `Times-Roman'; they are in the
default Afm2tfm encoding, which is close to (but not the same as) the
TeX text encoding. Similarly, the TFM files distributed with
Dvilj(k) for the builtin LaserJet 4 fonts have names like `cunm',
since these fonts, while compatible with TeX text, contain many
additional characters.
Fontname 1 assignments are shown in brackets in the following table, from the file `variant.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and either any parts of a PostScript `FontName' which use that abbreviation or the PostScript `Encoding' name.
[0=>8a] Adobe standard encoding obsolete [1 SemiSans] [2=>7c] encoding with changed characters only; Adobe's `Dfr' [3=>7f] Fraction [4 fax; now typeface `lx', Lucida Fax] 5 escape for (presently) phonetic encodings obsolete [6 SemiSerif] 7 escape for (mostly) 7-bit encodings 8 escape for (mostly) 8-bit encodings 9 escape for (presently) expert encodings [9=>7d] oldstyle digits; Adobe's `OsF' a Alt Arrows Alternative [was alternate encoding] [b bright; now typeface lh, Lucida Bright] c small caps, small text d Display Titling Caption Headline e Engraved Copperplate Elite f Fraktur Gothic OldEnglish Handtooled (`gothic' can also be sans) obsolete [g grooved (as in the IBM logo)] obsolete [h shadow] i Italic Kursiv Ital text italic obsolete [j invisible] k Greek obsolete l Outline OpenFace Blanks m MathItalic math italic n Informal Fashion o Oblique Obl slanted p Ornament [q=>8t Cork (TeX extended) encoding] r roman or sans; often omitted, see text s Gothic sans serif t Monospace fixed-width typewriter u unslanted italic v MathExtension w Script Handwritten Swash Calligraphy Cursive Tango x built with Adobe expert encoding [was expert-encoded] y MathSymbol z Cyrillic obsolete 5a PhoneticAlternate 5i PhoneticIPA 5s sil-IPA 7a A alternate characters only 7c Dfr changed characters only 7d oldstyle digits; Adobe's `OsF' 7f Fraction 7m TeXMathItalicEncoding see `texmital.enc' 7t TeX text encoding (as in Computer Modern Roman) 7v TeXMathExtensionEncoding see `texmext.enc' 7y TeXMathSymbolEncoding see `texmsym.enc' 8a StandardEncoding Adobe standard encoding 8m Macintosh standard encoding 8r TeXBase1Encoding see `8r.enc' 8t CorkEncoding see `cork.enc' 8u XT2Encoding cmtt + Latin 2, see `xl2.enc' 8w Windows 3.1 ANSI encoding 8x Expert expert encoding 8z XL2Encoding cmr + Latin 2, see `xl2.enc' 9e expert + Cork 9t expert + TeX text
The width of a font specifies the compression or expansion of the font. Arranged from narrowest to widest (more or less):
ultra compressed, extra condensed, compressed, condensed, narrow regular extended, expanded, wide
Expansion or compression of fonts is sometimes done automatically (as by
the PostScript scale operator), and sometimes done by humans. In
the latter case, the human will also presumably choose a font name
including `Extended' or `Expanded' or `Condensed' or `Narrow' or
whatever, according to their own preferences, and the abbreviation can
follow along. When creating a new synthetically expanded or compressed
font for use with TeX, e.g., with Afm2tfm or fontinst, use
`n' and `e'.
Here is the table, from the file `width.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and any parts of a PostScript `FontName' which use that abbreviation.
c Condensed Cond e Expanded n Narrow o UltraCondensed p Compressed Compact q ExtraCompressed ExtraCondensed r Regular Normal Medium (usually omitted) t Thin u UltraCompressed w Wide x Extended Elongated