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From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: TeX, Metafont, and 400 dpi NeXT printer
Message-ID: <73940UH2@PSUVM>
Date: 2 Mar 89 14:41:00 GMT
References: <1515@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <73465UH2@PSUVM> <554@adobe.UUCP>
Organization: Penn State Erie, Behrend College
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In article <554@adobe.UUCP>, greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid) says:
>
>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.
>

To tell the truth, I am a bit foggy on how PS fonts work.  How, if at
all, does TeX use them?  Do people already do this with TeX (and
by extension, Mathematica)?