Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Henlich​（何泰明）

Mechanical Engineer · Consultant for Drive & Vehicle Technology · Open-Source Contributor

Biography

Thomas Henlich was born in Dresden, Germany. He studied mechanical engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), graduating with the academic degree of Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.). His engineering background encompasses mechanical systems design, drive technology, gear analysis, and dynamic engineering calculation.

He operates Henlich Engineering based in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, providing specialized technical consulting, dimensioning, computation, and engineering services for commercial clients in the automotive and drive technology sectors.

Beyond mechanical engineering, Henlich has been an active contributor to open-source computing, digital typography, web utilities, and structured data projects since the late 1990s. His work ranges from maintaining widespread LaTeX font and symbol packages on CTAN to developing Cyrillic transliteration tools and contributing glyph specifications to open font families.

Selected Works & Publications (ORCID Record)

Selected works indexed under ORCID iD 0000-0002-0993-5668:

Software & Digital Typography

  • marvosym – Martin Vogel's Symbol font package for LaTeX (2000)
    Henlich, T.
    Comprehensive symbol font package enabling rendering of structural icons, currency symbols, and technical signs in TeX/LaTeX documents. Distributed via the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN).
    Repository: CTAN: pkg/marvosym
  • makeglos – Include Glossaries in LaTeX Documents
    Henlich, T.
    LaTeX macro package facilitating automated processing and formatting of document glossaries utilizing MakeIndex.
    Repository: CTAN: pkg/makeglos

Font Engineering & Vector Glyph Contributions

  • ttf2pt1 Font Converter – Contributed optimizations, C source updates, and PostScript font generation enhancements to the open-source TrueType-to-Type-1 converter.
  • DejaVu Fonts Project – Designed and contributed glyph implementations including U+23E8 DECIMAL EXPONENT SYMBOL (⏨) for version 2.32 release.

Standards & Web Utilities

  • Cyrillic-to-Latin Transliteration Tools – Implementation of deterministic transliteration systems operating under international standards (ISO 9) and national guidelines (DSTU 9112:2021).

External Authority Profiles

Contact

Ingenieurbüro Henlich
Grünewaldstraße 57, 74080 Heilbronn, Germany
Phone: 07131 2090040
Email: thomas@henlich.de