[tex-live] [OT?] bug from 2007 to 2009 with lucida fonts

[Norbert Preining]

On Mo, 21 Sep 2009, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
[...many interesting things...]

So does that meant that I cannot get working vf etc for the old Y&Y 
lucida fonts I bought?

I still have something that is called
	lucida-fontinst.zip
in my source directory.

> fwiw, i've been doubtful for some time of the utility of lucida stuff on
> ctan.  you always did get metrics and macros with a purchase of the

I guess that should definitely be made clearer. I mean man books have
been set with lucida, and it is still nice to use, why should people
get punished for buying the fonts earlier than later.

AFAIR there hasn't been any actual improvement of the *fonts* temselves.

All the best

Norbert

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