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From: mark@avocado.ucsb.edu (Probert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: TeX, Metafont, and 400 dpi NeXT printer
Summary: When will we have TeX outline fonts from Adobe?
Keywords: TeX outline fonts
Message-ID: <1284@hub.ucsb.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 89 08:22:45 GMT
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Reply-To: probert@aviary.gm.hac.com
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In article <554@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes:

>You could always just scrap the Computer Modern fonts and use PostScript
>fonts?  The NeXT machine uses the Display PostScript system, which
>means you might not need tons of 400dpi bitmaps when you can use
>outline fonts instead.

I would love to abandon bitmap fonts in favor of outline fonts but not at the
expense of have a set of unified typefaces that include greek letters and math
symbols.  When will Adobe release TeX fonts in outline form?

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Mark Probert (probert@aviary.gm.hac.com)
Delco Electronics