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From: murray@sq.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Question about Troff Fonts
Message-ID: <1987Apr9.191355.2792@sq.uucp>
Date: Thu, 9-Apr-87 19:13:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  9 19:13:55 1987
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Reply-To: murray@sq.UUCP (Murray Maloney)
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In article <1906@epistemi.UUCP> rda@epistemi.UUCP (Robert Dale) writes:
>Can anyone tell me how I would go about getting access to a proper
>fixed-width font within troff?  
>
>We're using ptroff and an Apple LaserWriter.  I want something like
>typewriter face that I can use for stuff like program examples; switching
>into constant space mode while using either Times or Helvetica is pretty
>ugly.  I'm sure lots of people must have come across this problem.  Have I
>just not read the manual carefully enough?
>
In fact, it should be fairly straightforward.  Since you have an Apple,
you also have Courier fonts.  I suspect that you should be able to use
them by selecting Courier with .ft CR.  If, however, you do not have
font tables for Courier, and your DESC file contains no reference to them,
you will have to ask your supplier (or someone on the net) to provide
the tables.

I hope that answers your question satisfactorily.
__________________________________________________________________________
						Murray C. Maloney
						Manager Technical Services
						SoftQuad Inc.
						Toronto, Ontario