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From: kibo@pawl.rpi.edu (James Parry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Wanted -- fonts for DVIEPS and DVIST for the ST port of TeX
Keywords: TeX, DVIEPS, DVIST, LaTeX, MetaFont
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Date: 17 Jan 89 03:49:53 GMT
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In article <814@per2.UUCP> dag@per2.UUCP (Daniel A. Glasser) writes:
>I've collected 'kibo's TeX postings from CI$, and have played around with
>them a bit -- I found that there are not enough of the font image files
>for the DVI filters to give good results.  The TeXST.tex file uses a size
>of a font that is not available in the supplied 'pk' fonts.  DVIEPS uses
>a (much) smaller size and produces unreadable mathmatical formulae, DVIST
>just quits since it cannot find a close enough match on the size.
 I have uploaded more fonts to CIS since you posted this...
 I'll also upload any specific fonts or sizes that you want.  (I have
 a few meg of fonts total here, which is why my whole set has not appeared
 on Compuserve so far.)

>Is there any source (BBS or UUCP) for more of these font files?  Even better,
>is there any PD port of Metafont to the ST so I can create whatever fonts in
>whatever sizes I need?  Some of this may have passed by in
>comp.binaries.atari.st or comp.sources.atari.st, but unfortunately, my system
>only gets comp.sys.* and news.*, no sources, alt, or binaries groups.
 I haven't heard of MetaFont being ported to the ST.  However, I can give
 you the 'Epson' mode definitions that you can use with a standard MetaFont
 on a local system (if you have one handy).  MetaFont comes with the sources
 for all those fonts--all you need is to prepare a little file (which I can
 mail you) that defines what resolution and print quality your printer does.

 Here is a sample entry in a .mf file to define an Epson print mode:

mode_def epson = % normal-size Epson 9-pin fonts
 proofing:=0;
 fontmaking:=1;
 tracingtitles:=0;
 pixels_per_inch:=240;
 blacker:=-.25;
 fillin:=0;
 o_correction:=.4;
 enddef;

you would invoke MetaFont, input this file, say \mode=epson;, and then
input the font definition file you are generating from (cmr10.mf, etc.)
the pixels_per_inch value should be 240 for actual-size fonts (this is the
number in a .gf or .pk font file name.  MetaFont will output .gf fonts;
there should be a program with MetaFont, called gftopk, which will translate
to .pk format.)

These are the values of pixels_per_inch to use for various sizes of fonts
for DVIEPS, given in terms of scaling ten-point fonts to a specific size,
magstep, etc.

% cmr10 at 5pt   (50%)  = 120 pixels/inch
%          6     (60%)    144
%          7     (70%)    167
%          8     (80%)    190
%          9     (90%)    219
%          10    (100%)   240
%          11    (110%)   263
%          12    (120%)   288   <-- \magstep1
%          14    (140%)   329
%          14.4  (144%)   346   <-- \magstep2
%          17    (170%)   415
%          25    (250%)   597

DVIST is much fussier about having the right size fonts available; the set
that were included with it when I got it were almost, but not the right sizes.
You can try renaming the files ocne you find out what it wants.  Or, you can
generate the fonts it needs.  (The pixels_per_inch values above should be
multiplied by .4, and I think then they'll be correct for DVIST.)

Disclaimer: I'm not taking any credit for writing any of these programs or
implementing them on the ST.  I'm just trying to organize a collection of
them.  My thanks to the authors of these programs.

The programs I've uploaded to CIS may also be found (with the exception of
DVIEPS) on him1.cc.umich.edu (35.1.1.43) if you have FTP, and all the programs
are also available on pawl.rpi.edu (128.113.10.2).  I can also e-mail them
to you if possible... remember, if you can't find a font you need on a
local computer system, or can't build it, I'd be happy to do it.


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