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From: dingebre@imp.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
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Subject: Re: ShowDVI
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.230806.6478@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: 19 Jun 91 23:08:06 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.064709.9915@dsuvax.uucp>, dhagen@dsuvax.uucp (Dana Hagen) writes:
> In article <1991Jun13.062027.16181@news.iastate.edu>, tna37@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
> > Hello
> > 
> > I am using ShowDVI by Georg Hessmann (I think).  I would like to add fonts to
> > the existing fonts given with the program.  I have access to TeX for Unix and
> > am wondering if I could use the fonts with ShowDVI.
> > 
> > Kyle Sterling
> > 
> > Internet: TNA37@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU
> 
> I really don't think so.. Maybe TeX for Amiga
>  
>  
>                       'bagger

The *.pk* bitmapped fonts are identicle on any system. The problem is
getting them in the correct size. The ShowDVI likes the smaller fonts
for full page viewing, like cmr10.pk91 for a 91 dpi roman font. If you
can find font families starting at about 43 dpi and going up to maybe 180 dpi, 
at various magsteps 0, .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and maybe 7 you will be set.
I have found that most UNIX installations have fonts families starting at
120 and 300 dpi. There is an anonymous ftp site at passau.de, (Georg 
Hessman's home) that has all the fonts you could ever want. There is a
comprehensive set for the previewer, 120dpi asymetric, 180dpi, and 
360 dpi fonts. The ftp address is:

132.231.1.10

This is in germany and the files are large, so plan to get them in several
tries.

The other option is to generate your own using metafont either on your Amiga,
really slow without an accelerator, or on your UNIX system. Both are available and it isn't that terrible to use, just tedious.

David

David Ingebretsen
Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation
600 Komas Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 582-5847 x3758

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