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From: ken@rochester.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Is dvi format transportable?
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Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 15:57:51 EST
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Keywords: dvi, latex, fonts

In theory, dvi is transportable because it is a stream of binary bytes
and not word aligned or anything that might cause byte ordering
problems.  Provided you manage transmission of system dependent binary
files.  You appear to have no problems there.

In practice, if one site is running cm fonts and the other am fonts,
the dvi file is not portable. That doesn't seem to be the case here.
So maybe it is a single missing font.  The local guide to LaTeX should
tell you which fonts are available (the local guru should maintain
this). It is when you use large sizes for titles, etc, that you're
likely to run into a missing font. With sources, your recipient can do
something about it (maybe). With the dvi file they can only complain.

Very similar to sending out object files instead of source.

	Ken