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From: walter@hpsadle.HP.COM (Walter Coole)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: font confusion
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Date: 14 Sep 90 23:50:04 GMT
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TeX needs the fontname.tfm file ONLY.  Most dvi drivers will require a
fontname.pk file with an appropriate resolution and aspect ratio at
the needed magnification (a fontname.gf can usually be easily conveted
or substituted).  With METAFONT, a fontname.mf can be used to produce
BOTH a .tfm and a .pk, but METAFONT is non-trivial to install for a
particular device/environment, so most people get the tfm's and pk's
from archive sites directly.  clarkson and labrea have fairly large
collections of fonts available in the common resolutions.  Most TeXing
is done using the Computer Modern family of fonts, which has enough
variety for the majority of applications.