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From: eirik@tekcrl.TEK.COM (Eirik Fuller)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Postscript fonts in TeX
Message-ID: <2547@tekcrl.TEK.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 88 18:19:28 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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Forgive me if this is a weary topic, but I'm just coming up to speed.

The UW Unix TeX distribution tape has a directory called
dvi2adobe_fonts, which allows the use of Adobe fonts in TeX
documents.  It provides tfm files, and an output filter which
converts .dvi files to postscript.  However, there are pieces
missing.

1) How do I generate .tfm files from .afm files?  This would be
useful if I want to define my own Postscript fonts (like one I
put together for the Tek logo).

2) What is the usual way of dealing with the characters in the cmr
fonts that aren't in the standard Adobe fonts?  My guess: the
equivalent of DIThacks in psdit (Adobe's transcript software).
Does anyone have postscript headers and whatever else it takes to add
the missing characters?

3) The preloaded formats (plain.tex and lplain.tex) know a lot about
fonts, particularly for math symbols.  Unless there is a way of
building Postscript fonts whose tables look just like those of the cmr
fonts, I suspect these formats need to be hacked to know about
Postscript fonts.  Has anyone done this, to the point that the
resulting format gives a complete plain tex in laserwriter fonts?

I have no real interest in commercial packages; I'd rather hack it
myself than pay license fees.

Please, use email rather than following up; I'll summarize if
response warrants.

eirik%crl.tek.com@relay.cs.net