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From: HAN@FRECP12.BITNET (Jay Thierry HAN)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: emTeX FLI files slower than separate font files?
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Date: 20 Apr 91 21:43:43 GMT
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Hello,
 
     In my struggling to improve my system's performance, I happened to
wonder whether emTeX's font library (FLI) scheme was actually faster or
slower than the more traditional subdirectory tree.
     Do the DVI drivers spend more time locating a specific font definition
when they use FLI's rather than have subdirectories with PK files in them?
I thought having a directory tree with names following the resolution/size
would make it easier for the DVI drivers to find the font files. Speed is
crucial to DVISCR, and I'm seeking any reasonable way to speed it up...
     Thanks for any hint/idea/comment.
 
                                                    J. Han.