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From: davidra@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (David Rabson)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: why no, e.g., mf2ps?
Message-ID: <9688@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 90 01:01:27 GMT
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Organization: Theory Center, Cornell U., Ithaca NY
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Postscript has the ability to deal with outline fonts, and tex
is perfectly happy to use the laserwriter's internal fonts if a .tfm
file is present.

Why aren't there outline fonts available to download or a
version of dvi2ps that uses .mf instead of .pk files?

I can't stand not having the sizes and magnifications I need, nor
should I have to create a new pk using mf (which I haven't figured
out how to do) every time I need a new font.

David Rabson
davidra@helios.tn.cornell.edu