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From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (dhosek)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: white_setup.mf (was Re: Making fonts with Metafont -- the answer)
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Date: 1 Mar 90 23:09:38 GMT
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My experience has shown that the white_setup trick for write-white laser
printer engines is horribly inadequate since (1) it relies on the font
using cmbase (_not_ always the case) and (2) it breaks some fonts that
do use cmbase (e.g., Sylvio Levy's Greek). 

The better solution is to use a variety of mode_def's for different fonts
for use with your write-white printer. This is a long time-consuming 
process, but the results are well worth it.

Incidentally, the multiple mode_def technique is useful for some write-black
printers too.

-dh
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