Doc -- CG: Respond to Werner's comments on Fonts section

diff --git a/Documentation/contributor/feta-font.itexi b/Documentation/contributor/feta-font.itexi
index a8bf78fe75dfb56af19f6f62e08ce12737028f38..eb5dd124cd18395007677e8fe532a34d81445ac7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/contributor/feta-font.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/contributor/feta-font.itexi
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ The feta font is a font that was created specifically for use in
 LilyPond.  The sources for the font are found in mf/*.mf.
 
 The feta font is merged from a number of subfonts.  Each subfont
 LilyPond.  The sources for the font are found in mf/*.mf.
 
 The feta font is merged from a number of subfonts.  Each subfont

-can contain at most 223 glyphs.
+can contain at most 224 glyphs.  This is because each subfont is
+limited to a one-byte address space (256 glyphs maximum) and we
+avoid the first 32 points in that address space, since they are
+non-printing control characters in ASCII.

 
 In LilyPond, glyphs are accessed by glyph name, rather than by code point.
 Therefore, the naming of glyphs is significant.
 
 In LilyPond, glyphs are accessed by glyph name, rather than by code point.
 Therefore, the naming of glyphs is significant.


@@ -38,13 +41,15 @@ available at CTAN.
 
 mf2pt1 is used to create type 1 fonts from the metafont sources.
 
 
 mf2pt1 is used to create type 1 fonts from the metafont sources.
 

-FontForge is used to display the resulting glyph shapes.
+FontForge is used to postprocess the output of mf2pt1 and clean up
+details of the font.  It can also be used by a developer to
+display the resulting glyph shapes.

 
 @node Adding a new font section
 @section Adding a new font section
 
 The font is divided into sections, each of which contains less
 
 @node Adding a new font section
 @section Adding a new font section
 
 The font is divided into sections, each of which contains less

-than 223 glyphs.  If more than 223 glyphs are included in a section,
+than 224 glyphs.  If more than 224 glyphs are included in a section,

 an error will be generated.
 
 Each of the sections is contained in a separate @code{.mf} file.  The
 an error will be generated.
 
 Each of the sections is contained in a separate @code{.mf} file.  The


@@ -62,6 +67,8 @@ An entry in the generic file used to create the font, or a new
 generic file
 @item
 If necessary, new entries in the GNUmakefile
 generic file
 @item
 If necessary, new entries in the GNUmakefile

+@item
+An entry in @file{scripts/build/gen-emmentaler-scripts.py}

 @end itemize
 
 See the examples in @code{mf/} for more information.
 @end itemize
 
 See the examples in @code{mf/} for more information.


@@ -104,4 +111,3 @@ is to do:
 rm mf/out/*
 make
 @end example
 rm mf/out/*
 make
 @end example

-