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From: zvr@ntua.gr (Alexios Zavras)
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Subject: Re: In troff, is "|" supposed to be slanted in Italic?
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Date: 8 May 91 06:23:42 GMT
References: <1470@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> <1991May6.152022.28260@cbnewsl.att.com>
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In article <1991May6.152022.28260@cbnewsl.att.com>, npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) writes:
> In fixing up xditview, this was the one "bug" I couldn't
> solve. eqn | troff | xtv     will display piles with
> slanted lines. Brian Kernighan (author of pic) insists
> italic applies to letters only; X persistently slants
> *all* characters in the Italic fonts.

    I don't know about xditview (never bothered using it),
but xproof displays the `|' straight (not slanted) !  Of
course, this might be the X font it uses...
    By the way, psdit emits Postscript that uses the *Symbol*
font and its `|' character to draw the line...

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