Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!DHDURZ1.BITNET!P86 From: P86@DHDURZ1.BITNET (mahilata) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: old ams fonts failing Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 08:26:54 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 17 X-Unparsable-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 91 08:47:59 CET possibly-probably... i had a similar problem once which was: the pk format knows three formats of character descriptors: the short, the extended short, and the long. the long format can handle a few extras not common for TeX usage,like vertical escapement, negative tfm width, HUGE size which may pose problems for a dvi driver. now the mexican maxview decided not to accept this long format at all for which reason i do not know. the old ams fonts,however, were delivered in pk format using long format throughout, for which reason i do not know either. solution was to unearth pktopx and pxtopk, and lo! the fonts all used the short format now. perhaps today one might try pktogf/gftopk instead... still looking for the outside of the asylum... mahilata