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Subject: TeX Exerciser
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Date: 29 Aug 90 06:52:50 GMT
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I am new to tex, but I have managed to put up TeX from the University of
Toronto ftp distribution.

I have also put up the texsgi previewer without too much grief.

I was also able to get the beebe dvi collection driver for my HP LaserJet II
up.

Now for fine tuning.

How do I exercise (make a tex file) to run through all of the fonts that
I have metafont sources for in all of the standard sizes, including the
AMS fonts ? Does anyone have a file for this purpose ?

My problem is that some characters are not working properly, like
the left and right parens in vgrind, the AMS fonts in texsgi, and
landscape fonts (for envelope printing). I need a good diagnostic tool.

Does anyone have a makefile that knows the rules for going from
metafonts files to intermediate forms to bitmap forms ? I have not installed
fonts yet, so pardon my request if this procedure it trivial.

dan.
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