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From: morgan@camtwh.UUCP (Morgan Jones)
Newsgroups: can.usrgroup
Subject: TeX vs. troff
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Date: 20 Oct 89 14:29:18 GMT
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In-reply-to: Evan Leibovitch's message of 19 Oct 89 03:57:42 GMT <1989Oct19.035742.1893@telly.on.ca>

> Somewhere, someone has presented a good comparison of Tex and troff -
> what tasks are best suited to one or another, how their printer support
> compares, etc.

> I also haven't yet been given a consistent explanation of what Metafont
> is. Is it:

> a) a tool which creates downloadable fonts, which can be used
>    independently of TeX?

> b) a tool whick creates printer-specific bitmaps of an image to be
>    printed?

> c) the way to teach TeX about new fonts, their sizes and spacing?

> d) none of the above?

> Thanks. Maybe TeX would be a good future topic at a meeting. Anyone know
> enough about it to present a 1-hour tutorial?

I believe that the answer is:

  e) all of the above.

Morgan W. Jones					(morgan@camtwh)
Orama Incorporated, Toronto, Canada.		(416) 369-5088