Date:         Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:34:36 +0200
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From:         Ron Artstein <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Frank-Ruehl approaches the finish line...
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>  * The digits are already the same width, but the problem is
> that some couples of them employ kerning information. If you
> really wish, you can identify these pairs in the AFM file, and
> remove them. But I considered this issue and decided to leave
> them as is.

This is surprising---according to dvips documentation, afm2tfm is
supposed to automatically remove all kerns between digits that are
found in the afm file. At any rate, blowing away these kerns can
and should be done without touching the afm file. I'll look into
this.

-Ron.