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From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.text
Subject: Re: TeX, Metafont, and 400 dpi NeXT printer
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Date: 27 Feb 89 15:16:45 GMT
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Organization: Penn State Erie, Behrend College
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In article <1515@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>, jesperse@wk18 (Dennis C. Jespersen) says:
>
>I've got TeX and Metafont running on a NeXT machine; the installation
>was fairly easy, using the source files from ics.uci.edu (web sources and
>web-to-C-ware) and labrea.stanford.edu (other TeX- and Metafont-ware).
          ...

>Generating a full set of Computer Modern and LaTeX fonts (93 fonts)
>takes about 2.5 hours of processing time on the NeXT.  After packing to
>pk format, the collection of pk files at magsteps 0,1,2,3 occupies
xxx3, 753, 918, 1125 Kbytes respectively.
>
>jesperse@wk18


Good man.  It occurs to me that someone, or even NeXT, could save us all
a lot of wasted time by collecting the currently available font library
for TeX, doint the 400dpi and screen versions (90dpi? 100dpi?) and
...I know!  put it on a od cartridge and release it to the public domain!

                                                                         lee