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From: rbr4@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Roland Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: TeX fonts --- modifying \tt spacing
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Date: 14 Apr 89 04:52:51 GMT
Reply-To: rbr4@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Roland Roberts)
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I'm wondering if it is possible to change the spacing on the tt fonts
as an afterthought, i.e., without having to use METAFONT to generate a
new set.  According to the TeXbook, the cmtt characters all occupy
0.5em which is defined as 5.25pt.  I thought I could get by with doing
\font\myfont=cmtt
\fontdimen6\myfont=6.02pt
and go from approx 14 char/inch to 12 char/inch since I changed the
value of an em.  But no such luck.  Is there a way to change this
spacing?
 

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