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From: kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Kevin Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Where are "texsun" and "texx"?
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Date: 8 Jan 91 06:02:36 GMT
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In article <141.27886036@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu> lubkt@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu writes:
>In article <1991Jan4.222930.16784@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>, mwette@mr-ed.jpl.nasa.gov (Matt Wette) writes:

>But xtex does  not display dvi  files in  proportionate fonts. I  have
>created all the fonts for xtex using  MetaFont 2.0  (i.e., base 85 and
>its \magstep   multiples), but xtex   still  displays   everything  in
>typewriter fonts with a lot of overlapping characters. I  like the way
>xtex manages files, and its control panels are very convenient to use,
>but I feel its display quality is quite poor when compared to texx (or
>texsun under SunView). Is this correct or am I missing something?

Uh, this isn't a very helpful post on my part, since I installed xtex over a
year ago, but I don't think what you say here is true; xtex does just fine
with fonts in my experience.  I've found that it gets lost with fonts if it
can't find the exact one it wants, but you should really check into what
fonts it's looking for, where they are, whether xtex and your server know
where to find them, etc.  I just couldn't stand your slandering xtex, it's
a nice program :).

Kevin Thompson
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kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov     NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA