Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!intercon!amanda@intercon.UUCP From: amanda@intercon.UUCP (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: TeX vs. PS (.tfm files) Message-ID: <1136@intercon.UUCP> Date: 29 Jun 89 22:25:00 GMT References: <4247@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <8634@cadnetix.COM> Sender: news@intercon.UUCP Reply-To: amanda@intercon.UUCP (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation Lines: 15 The .tfm files for psdvi are set up for a 1-point design size, so for 9 point Helvetica, you'd say \font\foo=Helvetica at 9pt The version of dvi2ps that handles Adobe fonts uses similar .tfm files set up for a 10 point design size. This has the advantage of making font scaling look the same for Adobe and CMR fonts. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation -- "Those preachers are right--there's more in these songs than meets the eye..." --Arlo Guthrie