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+ =====//===== \\ // ____
+ // \\ // |\ /| //
+ // //====== \V/ ||\ //| \\
+ // // // \\ || \// | /\ \\ ===\
+ // //==== // \\ || | // \ \\ |
+ // // // \\ || | //===\ \\___/
+ //======= // \
+
+
+ Volume 4 Number 6
+
+ A Mostly Unofficial Publication for
+ Users of the TeX Typesetting System
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Contents
+
+Departments
+ \footnote{}........................................................2
+ Letters to the Editor..............................................4
+ ToolBox............................................................5
+Feature
+ Summary of Metafont Files Available................................6
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 2
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| \footnote{On the Horizon} |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+Looking back a couple issues, I noticed I had promised a mailer macro
+for a coming issue. Needless to say it hasn't surfaced. It is actually
+nearly complete, but was pushed aside in favor of some other local
+activities like starting a local TUG. I do hope to include it sometime
+in the near future.
+
+I also mentioned last month the new releases of TeX 3.1 and MF 2.7,
+with a note questioning the numbering scheme for MF. Well rumor has it
+that the version number for TeX is approaching $\pi$ and MF is
+approaching $e$. Just a tidbit for those of you who might be
+interested. What else can you expect from a mathematical typesetter?
+
+Things to be expecting over the next few months are the aforemen-
+tioned mailer macro, software reviews on TeX packages for typesetting
+both music and theses, and whatever else I happen to stumble across
+between now and whenever.
+
+-neil
+
+p.s. There also seemed to be some confusion regarding the BiBTeX
+Macros that I said were located at the ymir archive. The appropriate
+files should be in the [ANONYMOUS.TEX.BIBTEX.STANDARD] directory.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 3
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| Letters to the Editor |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+Hi you there,
+
+This is to ask you to fix a bug at the end of each TeXMaG issue. You
+state that "for SPAN archive see below" but .... there is no below!!
+As I am looking after the SPAN/DECNET archive, could you please say
+something like: "Those who are on SPAN can get in touch with Max
+Calvani at 39003::CALVANI for infos about SPAN archive..."
+
+Thanks,
+Max
+
+[oops...well, i'm embarassed! But it's fixed now! -ed.]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 4
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| The ToolBox |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+
+The following was submitted to me from Thomas Dunbar (or so I suppose
+it was he as his name appears as the author). I don't have a
+postscript printer to try it on, but knew many of you do, and would
+find this interesting.
+
+%%%%%%<cut here>------------------------------------------------------
+%this file is an example of using postscript specials to give
+% headings a gray background
+
+\hsize=5.7in \font\twelverm=cmr12 \font\twelvebb=cmb10 at 12pt
+\font\fourteenbf=cmb10 scaled\magstep2 \nopagenumbers
+
+
+\newdimen\grayht \newcount\grayheight
+\def\getgrayheight#1#2#3{\grayht=#1bp \grayheight=#1 \setbox0=\vbox{#3}
+\loop \ifdim\grayht < \ht0
+ \advance \grayht by\baselineskip \advance \grayheight by #2 \repeat}
+
+\def\graybar#1#2#3#4#5{\special{ps::[local]
+gsave #1 setgray #2 #3 rmoveto #4 0 rlineto 0 -#5 rlineto
+-#4 0 rlineto 0 #5 rlineto closepath fill grestore}}
+\def\grayhead{\graybar{.8}{-6}{13}{216}{\the\grayheight}}
+\def\graybhead{\graybar{.7}{-28.8}{15}{12}{\the\grayheight}}
+\def\graythead{\graybar{.8}{-6}{15}{380}{\the\grayheight}}
+\def\grayahead{\graybar{.7}{-28.8}{13}{12}{\the\grayheight}}
+
+\def\heada#1{{\hsize=210bp\vskip 24pt plus6pt minus4pt
+{\twelvebb\parindent=6pt \baselineskip=14bp
+\getgrayheight{20}{14}{#1}\item{}\grayhead #1\par}
+\vskip 24pt plus 6pt minus 4pt}}
+
+\def\startart#1#2{{\fourteenbf\baselineskip17bp\raggedright\hyphenpenalty=9000
+\parindent=.4in\getgrayheight{22}{17}{#1}\item{}\graybhead\graythead#1\par}
+{\twelverm\vglue 12pt plus6pt\parindent=.4in\baselineskip=14bp
+\getgrayheight{20}{14}{#2} \item{}\grayahead #2\par} \vskip 4pt }
+
+\startart{A Test of Inserting Postscript Code Into \TeX\ for
+Graybars -- use with dvips}{Thomas Dunbar, ClearVu Technical Writing
+{\tt\quad Bitnet:gstd at vtvm2}} \hsize=4in
+
+\heada{1. Caveats\hfil\break and Cautions}
+
+Warning: your print shop may not be able to use your pretty slick since
+they may have difficulty photographing the graybar! The solution is to have
+the linotronic print directly to film.
+
+This file makes use of Arbortext's special for dvips: the current dvi
+location is made the postscript {\tt currentpoint} and the default
+postscript coordinate system and scaling (unit=bp) are used.
+
+\heada{2. Code}
+
+The coding is straightforward postscript except that the height of
+the box is calculated via \TeX. If needed, the width could be
+computed similarly. Note that the bar is to be painted first so the
+text can overlay it.
+
+\bye
+%%%%%%<cut here>------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 5
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| Summary of Metafont Fonts Available |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+
+by Liam R. E. Quin
+
+[I ran across this informative article and thought I'd pass it along.
+Address any correspondence to the author at:
+
+ lee@sq.com, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, +1 (416) 963-8337
+
+ and of course you can drop me a note too! :-) -ed.]
+
+
+This list includes all known fonts available in metafont format, whether
+public domain or not. Archive sites for ftp are listed where known.
+There is also a BITNET archive at LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU.
+
+I also included some notes on how to use the fonts, in the (probably vain)
+hope of avoiding a deluge of questions on the net. Note that I cannot
+give instructions for specific packages, and I cannot answer questions
+about specific printers. I have included some information about TeX and
+troff, but I can't go into more much more detail over the net (i.e. I am
+not offering to provide detailed technical support).
+
+Contents:
+ About Metafont
+ What you need in order to use the fonts
+ How to use Metafont fonts with TeX
+ How to use Metafont fonts with Troff
+ Where to get bitmap versions of the fonts
+ Converting between font formats
+ Getting fonts by FTP and Mail
+ Fonts:
+ AMS (see under Euler)
+ APL (A Programming Language)
+ Babel -- language support
+ Bar Code
+ Chess
+ Chinese
+ Committee
+ Computer Modern
+ Concrete
+ Cyrillic
+ Duerer
+ Devanagari
+ Dingbats
+ Euler
+ Godel
+ Greek
+ Hebrew
+ Hershey
+ Helvetica
+ International Phonetic Alphabet
+ Music
+ OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
+ Oriya
+ Pandora
+ Pica
+ Pointing Hands
+ Punk
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 6
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+ Sanskrit (see Fonts: Devanagari)
+ Sauter
+ Tengwar
+ Thai
+ Vietnamese
+
+
+************************
+ About Metafont
+************************
+
+Metafont is a programming language for describing fonts. It was
+written by Donald Knuth and is documented in
+ Computers & Typesetting/C: The METAFONTbook
+ Knuth, Donald E.
+ Addison Wesley, 1986
+ ISBN 0-201-13445-4, or 0-201-13444-6 (soft cover)
+ Library access: Z250.8.M46K58, or 686.2'24, or 85-28675.
+
+A font written in Metafont is actually a computer program which, when
+run, will generate a bitmap (`raster') for a given typeface at a given
+size, for some particular device.
+
+
+************************
+ What you need in order
+ to use the fonts
+************************
+
+You cannot print the metafont files directly (unless you want a
+listing of the program, that is). Instead, you must generate a bitmap
+font and use that to print something. If you have TeX or troff, the
+process for doing this is outlined below. This is not meant to be
+compete documentation, though, but simply enough to get you started.
+
+If you want to use a font generated by metafont on an HP LaserJet, for
+example, you must follow this general procedure:
+- Generate the bitmap font with Metafont.
+ This will produce a file called (for example) "myfont10.300gf".
+- Convert this to a pk format file -- the pk format is much more
+ compact, and is used by most software in preference to gf files.
+ You can use gftopk (which comes with metafont, or in a package
+ called mfware).
+ $ gftopk myfont10.300gf
+ $
+ This produces myfont10.300pk
+- Convert the pk-format font into one suitable for your printer. For
+ an HP, there are several utilities -- the one I use is called pk2sfp:
+ $ pk2sfp myfont10.300pk > myfont10.300sfp
+ You will have to find this program. If you are using TeX you do not
+ need it, though -- see "Converting between font formats" below.
+- Download the font to the printer. You will need to do more than
+ simply send the file to the printer. For example, on the HP you
+ must send an escape sequence like ESC*c100D to tell the printer
+ there's a font coming, and that it's going to be font number 100.
+ You then send the font, and then in the rest of the job say
+ something like ESC*c100ESC*c4FESC (100X to tell the printer you've
+ finished, and to start using the font. (ESC in these examples
+ stands for the ASCII Escape, chracter 033 octal, 27 in decimal). All
+ of this must be in the same print job.
+
+Doing this without going insane involves setting up macros or
+shell-scripts to automate it for you.
+ Library access: Z250.8.M46K58, or 686.2'24, or 85-28675.
+
+A font written in Metafont is actually a computer program which, when
+run, will generate a bitmap (`raster') for a given typeface at a given
+size, for some particular device.
+
+
+************************
+ What you need in order
+ to use the fonts
+************************
+
+You cannot print the metafont files directly (unless you want a
+listing of the program, that is). Instead, you must generate a bitmap
+font and use that to print something. If you have TeX or troff, the
+process for doing this is outlined below. This is not meant to be
+compete documentation, though, but simply enough to get you started.
+
+If you want to use a font generated by metafont on an HP LaserJet, for
+example, you must follow this general procedure:
+- Generate the bitmap font with Metafont.
+ This will produce a file called (for example) "myfont10.300gf".
+- Convert this to a pk format file -- the pk format is much more
+ compact, and is used by most software in preference to gf files.
+ You can use gftopk (which comes with metafont, or in a package
+ called mfware).
+ $ gftopk myfont10.300gf
+ $
+ This produces myfont10.300pk
+- Convert the pk-format font into one suitable for your printer. For
+ an HP, there are several utilities -- the one I use is called pk2sfp:
+ $ pk2sfp myfont10.300pk > myfont10.300sfp
+ You will have to find this program. If you are using TeX you do not
+ need it, though -- see "Converting between font formats" below.
+- Download the font to the printer. You will need to do more than
+ simply send the file to the printer. For example, on the HP you
+ must send an escape sequence like ESC*c100D to tell the printer
+Date: Tue, 6 Nov 90 17:58 CST
+From: Neil Burleson --- ACS TeX Support <NABTEXM@TAMVENUS>
+Subject: TeXMaG V4N6 (part 1 of 3) --- second try
+To: texmag-l@irlearn
+Original_To: JNET%"texmag-l@irlearn"
+
+
+
+ =====//===== \\ // ____
+ // \\ // |\ /| //
+ // //====== \V/ ||\ //| \\
+ // // // \\ || \// | /\ \\ ===\
+ // //==== // \\ || | // \ \\ |
+ // // // \\ || | //===\ \\___/
+ //======= // \
+
+
+ Volume 4 Number 6
+
+ A Mostly Unofficial Publication for
+ Users of the TeX Typesetting System
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Contents
+
+Departments
+ \footnote{}........................................................2
+ Letters to the Editor..............................................4
+ ToolBox............................................................5
+Feature
+ Summary of Metafont Files Available................................6
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 2
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| \footnote{On the Horizon} |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+Looking back a couple issues, I noticed I had promised a mailer macro
+for a coming issue. Needless to say it hasn't surfaced. It is actually
+nearly complete, but was pushed aside in favor of some other local
+activities like starting a local TUG. I do hope to include it sometime
+in the near future.
+
+I also mentioned last month the new releases of TeX 3.1 and MF 2.7,
+with a note questioning the numbering scheme for MF. Well rumor has it
+that the version number for TeX is approaching $\pi$ and MF is
+approaching $e$. Just a tidbit for those of you who might be
+interested. What else can you expect from a mathematical typesetter?
+
+Things to be expecting over the next few months are the aforemen-
+tioned mailer macro, software reviews on TeX packages for typesetting
+both music and theses, and whatever else I happen to stumble across
+between now and whenever.
+
+-neil
+
+p.s. There also seemed to be some confusion regarding the BiBTeX
+Macros that I said were located at the ymir archive. The appropriate
+files should be in the [ANONYMOUS.TEX.BIBTEX.STANDARD] directory.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 3
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| Letters to the Editor |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+Hi you there,
+
+This is to ask you to fix a bug at the end of each TeXMaG issue. You
+state that "for SPAN archive see below" but .... there is no below!!
+As I am looking after the SPAN/DECNET archive, could you please say
+something like: "Those who are on SPAN can get in touch with Max
+Calvani at 39003::CALVANI for infos about SPAN archive..."
+
+Thanks,
+Max
+
+[oops...well, i'm embarassed! But it's fixed now! -ed.]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 4
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| The ToolBox |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+
+The following was submitted to me from Thomas Dunbar (or so I suppose
+it was he as his name appears as the author). I don't have a
+postscript printer to try it on, but knew many of you do, and would
+find this interesting.
+
+%%%%%%<cut here>------------------------------------------------------
+%this file is an example of using postscript specials to give
+% headings a gray background
+
+\hsize=5.7in \font\twelverm=cmr12 \font\twelvebb=cmb10 at 12pt
+\font\fourteenbf=cmb10 scaled\magstep2 \nopagenumbers
+
+
+\newdimen\grayht \newcount\grayheight
+\def\getgrayheight#1#2#3{\grayht=#1bp \grayheight=#1 \setbox0=\vbox{#3}
+\loop \ifdim\grayht < \ht0
+ \advance \grayht by\baselineskip \advance \grayheight by #2 \repeat}
+
+\def\graybar#1#2#3#4#5{\special{ps::[local]
+gsave #1 setgray #2 #3 rmoveto #4 0 rlineto 0 -#5 rlineto
+-#4 0 rlineto 0 #5 rlineto closepath fill grestore}}
+\def\grayhead{\graybar{.8}{-6}{13}{216}{\the\grayheight}}
+\def\graybhead{\graybar{.7}{-28.8}{15}{12}{\the\grayheight}}
+\def\graythead{\graybar{.8}{-6}{15}{380}{\the\grayheight}}
+\def\grayahead{\graybar{.7}{-28.8}{13}{12}{\the\grayheight}}
+
+\def\heada#1{{\hsize=210bp\vskip 24pt plus6pt minus4pt
+{\twelvebb\parindent=6pt \baselineskip=14bp
+\getgrayheight{20}{14}{#1}\item{}\grayhead #1\par}
+\vskip 24pt plus 6pt minus 4pt}}
+
+\def\startart#1#2{{\fourteenbf\baselineskip17bp\raggedright\hyphenpenalty=9000
+\parindent=.4in\getgrayheight{22}{17}{#1}\item{}\graybhead\graythead#1\par}
+{\twelverm\vglue 12pt plus6pt\parindent=.4in\baselineskip=14bp
+\getgrayheight{20}{14}{#2} \item{}\grayahead #2\par} \vskip 4pt }
+
+\startart{A Test of Inserting Postscript Code Into \TeX\ for
+Graybars -- use with dvips}{Thomas Dunbar, ClearVu Technical Writing
+{\tt\quad Bitnet:gstd at vtvm2}} \hsize=4in
+
+\heada{1. Caveats\hfil\break and Cautions}
+
+Warning: your print shop may not be able to use your pretty slick since
+they may have difficulty photographing the graybar! The solution is to have
+the linotronic print directly to film.
+
+This file makes use of Arbortext's special for dvips: the current dvi
+location is made the postscript {\tt currentpoint} and the default
+postscript coordinate system and scaling (unit=bp) are used.
+
+\heada{2. Code}
+
+The coding is straightforward postscript except that the height of
+the box is calculated via \TeX. If needed, the width could be
+computed similarly. Note that the bar is to be painted first so the
+text can overlay it.
+
+\bye
+%%%%%%<cut here>------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+TeXMaG Volume 4 Number 6 page 5
+_______________________________________________________________________________
+| |
+| Summary of Metafont Fonts Available |
+|_____________________________________________________________________________|
+
+
+by Liam R. E. Quin
+
+[I ran across this informative article and thought I'd pass it along.
+Address any correspondence to the author at:
+
+ lee@sq.com, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, +1 (416) 963-8337
+
+ and of course you can drop me a note too! :-) -ed.]
+
+
+This list includes all known fonts available in metafont format, whether
+public domain or not. Archive sites for ftp are listed where known.
+There is also a BITNET archive at LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU.
+
+I also included some notes on how to use the fonts, in the (probably vain)
+hope of avoiding a deluge of questions on the net. Note that I cannot
+give instructions for specific packages, and I cannot answer questions
+about specific printers. I have included some information about TeX and
+troff, but I can't go into more much more detail over the net (i.e. I am
+not offering to provide detailed technical support).
+
+Contents:
+ About Metafont
+ What you need in order to use the fonts
+ How to use Metafont fonts with TeX
+ How to use Metafont fonts with Troff
+ Where to get bitmap versions of the fonts
+ Converting between font formats
+ Getting fonts by FTP and Mail
+ Fonts:
+ AMS (see under Euler)
+ APL (A Programming Language)
+ Babel -- language support
+ Bar Code
+ Chess
+ Chinese
+ Committee
+ Computer Modern
+ Concrete
+ Cyrillic
+ Duerer
+ Devanagari
+ Dingbats
+ Euler
+ Godel
+ Greek
+ Hebrew
+ Hershey
+ Helvetica
+ International Phonetic Alphabet
+ Music
+ OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
+ Oriya
+ Pandora
+ Pica
+ Pointing Hands
+ Punk
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 6
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+ Sanskrit (see Fonts: Devanagari)
+ Sauter
+ Tengwar
+ Thai
+ Vietnamese
+
+
+************************
+ About Metafont
+************************
+
+Metafont is a programming language for describing fonts. It was
+written by Donald Knuth and is documented in
+ Computers & Typesetting/C: The METAFONTbook
+ Knuth, Donald E.
+ Addison Wesley, 1986
+ ISBN 0-201-13445-4, or 0-201-13444-6 (soft cover)
+ Library access: Z250.8.M46K58, or 686.2'24, or 85-28675.
+
+A font written in Metafont is actually a computer program which, when
+run, will generate a bitmap (`raster') for a given typeface at a given
+size, for some particular device.
+
+
+************************
+ What you need in order
+ to use the fonts
+************************
+
+You cannot print the metafont files directly (unless you want a
+listing of the program, that is). Instead, you must generate a bitmap
+font and use that to print something. If you have TeX or troff, the
+process for doing this is outlined below. This is not meant to be
+compete documentation, though, but simply enough to get you started.
+
+If you want to use a font generated by metafont on an HP LaserJet, for
+example, you must follow this general procedure:
+- Generate the bitmap font with Metafont.
+ This will produce a file called (for example) "myfont10.300gf".
+- Convert this to a pk format file -- the pk format is much more
+ compact, and is used by most software in preference to gf files.
+ You can use gftopk (which comes with metafont, or in a package
+ called mfware).
+ $ gftopk myfont10.300gf
+ $
+ This produces myfont10.300pk
+- Convert the pk-format font into one suitable for your printer. For
+ an HP, there are several utilities -- the one I use is called pk2sfp:
+ $ pk2sfp myfont10.300pk > myfont10.300sfp
+ You will have to find this program. If you are using TeX you do not
+ need it, though -- see "Converting between font formats" below.
+- Download the font to the printer. You will need to do more than
+ simply send the file to the printer. For example, on the HP you
+ must send an escape sequence like ESC*c100D to tell the printer
+ there's a font coming, and that it's going to be font number 100.
+ You then send the font, and then in the rest of the job say
+ something like ESC*c100ESC*c4FESC (100X to tell the printer you've
+ finished, and to start using the font. (ESC in these examples
+ stands for the ASCII Escape, chracter 033 octal, 27 in decimal). All
+ of this must be in the same print job.
+
+Doing this without going insane involves setting up macros or
+shell-scripts to automate it for you.
+
+
+
+ page 7
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+
+************************
+ How to use Metafont
+ fonts with TeX
+************************
+
+In addition to generating a `gf' file, metafont will also generate a
+'.tfm' file. You will need to put the tfm file into your TeX font
+directory -- for example, /usr/local/tex/fonts. You will need to put
+either the gf or the pk file there too -- probably the pk file. Some
+dvi drivers need the font to be listed in a description file, too --
+the name and location of this seems to vary wildly from site to site,
+but FONTDESC is not unlikely. Chris Torek's `mctex' package includes
+some drivers that need this.
+
+For testing, you might be able to say something like
+ $ TEXFONTS="/users/lee/fonts:/usr/local/lib/tex/fonts"; export TEXFONTS
+to get TeX to look in more than one directory -- see your local TeX
+guide.
+
+When you have installed the font, you can use it from TeX directly in
+the usual way. For most fonts, the filename is the same as the font
+name, so, for example, ccr10.300pk contains the bitmaps for a font
+called ccr at size 10pt. You can look at the Metafont source for a
+given font to determine the name of the font, and you might also be
+able to cheat by editing the font description file FONTDESC.
+
+Using other fonts with LaTeX generally requires more work.
+
+
+************************
+ How to use Metafont
+ fonts with Troff
+************************
+
+If, when you run troff, you get the message `typesetter busy', you
+have the original Ossanna-troff, also called otroff. Chris Lewis has
+a package which will let you use TeX fonts with troff -- it's called
+psroff, and comes with documentation.
+
+ftp: gatekeeper.dec.com (16.1.0.2) pub/misc/psroff-2.0.tar.Z
+ftp: cs.toronto.edu [128.100.1.65] pub/psroff.tar.Z
+
+If, when you run troff, you get something like this:
+ x T 300
+ x res 300 1 1
+you have ditroff. This is sometimes called titroff or psroff. In this
+case, you will probably need to do the following:
+
+ 1) convert the font to your printer's format
+ 2) generate a width table for the font
+ 3) add the font to the DESC file for the appropriate device
+ 4) arrange for troff to download the font
+ 5) tell troff about the font by running `makedev DESC' in the right
+ place.
+
+If, when you run troff, you get something like this:
+ X hp(SCM)(CM)(AF)(AD) 300 1 1
+ Y P default letter 2550 3300 0 0 90 90 2460 3210
+you have sqtroff, change (4) onwards to:
+
+ 4) put the font in the appropriate raster directory
+ 5) tell sqtroff about the font by running `sqmakedev DESC'
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 8
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+ or `sqinstall'.
+
+In each case, you should be able to get help from your vendor.
+
+Note that Chris Lewis' psroff package has software to make width
+tables for troff from pk files.
+
+
+************************
+ Converting between
+ font formats
+************************
+
+Conversions to and from pbm and pk format were posted to comp.text.tex
+and to alt.sources on the 9th of August, 1990 by Angus Duggan
+(ajcd@cs.ed.ac.uk). The program is pbmtopk, and there are also at
+least two patches.
+
+Chris Lewis' psroff package includes a program to go from pk both to the
+HP LaserJet and to PostScript.
+
+John McClain (ophelp@tamvenus.bitnet) has some conversion programs for
+various graphics formats to/and from pk files.
+
+CAPTURE turns HPGL files into PK format (a PC program, $130 from
+ Micro Programs Inc., 251 Jackson Ave., Syosset, NY 11791
+
+Metaplot can take pen-plotter files and prouce metafont files
+wilcox@cis.ohio-state.edu
+
+
+************************
+ Where to get bitmap
+ versions of the fonts
+************************
+
+There are archives containing the bitmaps of many of these fonts at
+various sizes and resolutions. The fonts must have been generated for
+the correct print engine: e.g. write-white or write-black. The
+archives generally hold only the sizes used by TeX. These are
+`magstep' sizes, and are not exact point sizes. It is probably better
+to generate them from the Metafont sources yourself if you can.
+
+The best place to look for raster fonts is almost certainly
+ mims-iris.waterloo.edu (129.97.129.116)
+This probably has all the HP fonts in the world.... some others are:
+ ctrsci.math.utah.edu (128.110.198.1)
+ science.utah.edu (128.110.192.2)
+ ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23)
+
+The occasional posting of ftp sites to comp.misc and comp.archives
+lists these and several other sites.
+
+
+Getting fonts by FTP and Mail:
+
+If you are using ftp, you will need either the name of the host or
+the Internet number. For example, to connect to ymir, listed as
+ ftp: ymir.claremont.edu [134.173.4.23]
+you will need to type something like
+ ftp ymir.claremont.edu
+If that doesn't work, try using the number:
+ ftp 134.173.4.23
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 9
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+If that doesn't work, on Unix systems you can use nslookup (it's
+usually /usr/etc/nslookup) to find the host number -- it might have
+changed. Type the entire host name, and after a few seconds nslookup
+will give you the address.
+
+Once you have connected, you will need to go to the appropriate
+directory, lists its contents, and retrieve the files.
+
+Most of the machines listed here run Unix, and you use "ls" and "cd"
+to list files and to change directories. Ymir runs VMS, and you will
+have to put square brackets around directory names, like [this].
+
+Remember that although Metafont sources are text files, pk fonts are
+not ASCII, and you will have to use binary mode for them. In general,
+use text mode for README files and *.mf files, and binary mode for
+other font files. Files ending in .Z are compressed binary files --
+you will need to use binary mode, and then uncompress the files when
+you get them.
+
+
+You can get files from ymir by sending mail messages to
+mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu
+
+For example,
+ send [tex.mf.misc]cmapl10.mf
+will get the file cmapl10.mf from the directory "tex.mf.misc".
+You can only get text files in this way.
+
+
+************************
+ Fonts
+************************
+
+**
+** AMS (see under Euler)
+**
+
+The American Mathematical Society has adopted TeX, and has had some
+fonts designed especially by Herman Zapf. These are known as the
+Euler fonts, and are described below. The Metafont sources are now
+available by ftp.
+
+NOTE that you should build these using virmf, or at least with a
+version of Metafont that does not have cmbase pre-loaded. You may
+also get errors reported when building some of the smaller sizes --
+simply press return.
+
+There are
+- AMS Euler -- a calligraphic font. This is not suitable as it stands
+ for text use in TeX, because it has a non-standard encoding.
+- AMS extra maths symbols
+- AMS computer modern extensions
+- AMS Cyrillic (this is the same as University of Washington Cyrillic)
+
+There is also some documentation.
+
+You can get them from the ams or from ymir:
+ftp: e-math.ams.com [130.44.1.100] /ams/amsfonts/sources
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 10
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+**
+** APL (A Programming Language)
+**
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd SOFTWARE:[anonymous.tex.misc]
+ftp: (the file is cmapl10.mf). Associated macros and documentation
+ftp: are in SOFTWARE:[anonymous:tex:periodicals.tugboat] and also
+ftp: [anonymous.tex.inputs.plain-contrib] in files apldef.tex,
+ftp: aplstyle.tex, and aplverb.tex.
+
+ftp: power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu (134.129.123.1) apl-tex-font/27-Jul-90
+
+**
+** Babel -- language support
+**
+
+The Babel archive at ymir.claremont.edu contains:
+- Greek Fonts:
+ Brian Hamilton Kelly's cmgr family
+ Sylvio Levy's gr family [modern and classical]
+ Yannis Haramboulos' rgr family
+
+- Hebrew fonts:
+ REDIS (a thin-looking sans serif)
+ burkis (coming in January??)
+
+- Icelandic
+ Icelandic Modern (this is Computer Modern with extensions)
+
+- Russian (Cyrillic)
+ IFVE's cmc family
+ U Washington's wncyr family
+ Bashkiren/Mongolian (not sure if this is there yet)
+
+- Turkish
+ Turkish Modern (this is Computer Modern with extensions)
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel]
+
+**
+** Chess
+**
+
+Some chess typesetting macros were posted to comp.text.tex on July 31,
+1990. The chess fonts are available for ftp from ymir.
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.misc]
+
+
+**
+** Chinese
+**
+
+ChTeX is a set of macros and fonts for typesetting Chinese under TeX.
+It only supports PostScript, and requires a modivied dvi2ps. You write
+your article with PinYin.
+
+ftp: 192.12.216.114 (name: chiris.stevens-tech.edu)
+ftp: note that the usercode is "ftp", not "anonymous".
+Included are source, fonts, VMS binary for 5.2, DOS binary, etc.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 11
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+**
+** Bar Code
+**
+
+Dimitri Vulis's barcode font
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Committee
+**
+
+This was produced during a workshop tutorial given by Donald Knuth.
+This is said (by Don Hosek, whom I trust in such things) to be
+hard-wired for the APS typesetter... It is described in Tugboat
+Vol. 5 No. 2 (Nov. 84).
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.misc]
+ftp: files are font1.mf and font1base.mf
+
+
+**
+** Computer Modern
+**
+
+Computer Modern is Donald Knuth's font family used for his later
+`Art of Computer Programming' books. It contains
+ cmr -- computer modern roman
+ cmmi -- computer modern maths italic
+ cmti -- computer modern text italic
+ cmb -- computer modern bold
+ cmss -- computer modern sans serif
+ cmtt -- computer modern typewriter
+ cmvtt -- computer modern variable-spaced typewriter
+and several variations on each of the above (e.g. bold extended...).
+There are also some experimental fonts, such as cmff, a `funny' font,
+and cmfib, a font based on Fibonacci numbers.
+
+These are all included in a standard TeX distribution, although I only
+know of one site archiving the metafont files seperately. The
+official TeX distribution site is labrea.stanford.edu:
+
+ftp: labrea.stanford.edu [36.8.0.47] cd pub/tex/cm
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.standard]
+
+Many TeX ftp archive sites also give access to the bitmaps (pk files),
+although you usually have to get them all at once.
+
+There is also a reparameterised version of CM by John Sauter, which
+makes it easy to generate fonts at desired sizes-- this is especially
+useful for non-TeX users.
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.sauter]
+See also: Babel, Sauter
+
+There are some more Computer Modern variants stored at ymir; these
+include parameters for generating cm fonts at sizes 14, 18, 24 and
+36pt.
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.variants]
+
+There is also a Pica typewriter font -- italic and bold come out with
+straight and wavy underlines (respectively), however. This is in
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.pica]
+
+
+
+
+ page 12
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+Versions of these fonts suitable for use with an X Windows previewer
+(xtex and SeeTeX) are available from
+ftp: foobar.colorado.edu pub/SeeTeX
+
+
+**
+** Concrete
+**
+
+This font was designed for Donald Knuth's Concrete Mathematics book.
+It looks a little like a cross between American Typewriter and Computer
+Modern Roman. There are Roman and Italic faces.
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Cyrillic
+**
+
+There are several Cyrillic (Russion-Alphabet) fonts:
+Tom Ridgeway's Cyrillic fonts
+[BITNET: LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU]
+
+WN-Cyrillic
+ftp: june.cs.washington.edu (128.95.1.4)
+
+There is a mailing list, rustex-l, for discussion of typesetting
+Cyrilic-based languages. To subscribe, send mail to
+listserv@ubvm.bitnet containing the text
+ SUBSCRIBE RUSTEX-L <your name here>
+or send mail to Dimitri Vulis, DLV%CUNYVMS1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
+
+
+**
+** Duerer
+**
+
+Based on the 16th Century drawings of Albrecht Duerer -- see, for
+example, his ``The Painter's Manual'' published in Fac Simile by
+Abaris Books. Upper case only.
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.duerer]
+
+
+**
+** Devanagari
+**
+
+(this is a font for use with Sanskrit)
+Created by Frans Velthuis in 1987/88 and is available from him
+(Velthuis%hgrrug5.earn@cunyvm.cunyvm.edu) for a small charge.
+Another address is "velthuis@hgrrug5.bitnet".
+ F.J. Velthuis,
+ Nyensteinheerd 267
+ 9736 TV Groningen
+ The Netherlands
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 13
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+**
+** Dingbats
+**
+
+By Doug Henderson.
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Euler
+**
+
+These were designed by Herman Zapf for the American Mathematical
+Society. See AMS.
+The fonts are Fraktur, Script, Upright Italic, Math extension.
+(see TUGboat Vol. 10 No. 1)
+
+
+**
+** Greek
+**
+
+Sylvio Levy's Greek font.
+ftp: xydeco.siemens.com (129.73.1.101) -- greek*
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel.greek.levy]
+ (But Don Hosek tells me this is really Brian Hamilton Kelly's Greek font)
+
+Also the Sylvio Levy `gr' greek family, for both Modern and Classical
+Greek. This includes roman, typewriter and bold, plus TeX macros.
+
+Brian Hamilton Kelly's cmgr family
+Yannis Haramboulos' rgr family
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel.greek]
+
+See also Babel.
+
+
+**
+** Hebrew
+**
+
+There is a sans-serif Hebrew font called REDIS available from ymir.
+It comes in three faces, including italic (slanting to the right, of
+course).
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Helvetica
+**
+
+Produced by the Metafoundry and sold commercially.
+Unfortunately they do not distribute the Metafont sources, so they are
+not really very useful in this file ... :-( :-(
+
+ The Metafounndry,
+ OCLC Inc., MC 485
+ 6565 Frantz Road
+ Dublin, OH 43017
+ USA
+
+ +1 614 764-6087
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 14
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+**
+** Hershey
+**
+
+The Hershey fonts were designed for use by plotters, and published in
+1972. These fonts are of relatively low typographic quality, but are
+useful on devices with lower resolution.
+
+ftp: cs.uoregon.edu [128.223.4.13]
+(but these are not in Metafont -- does anyone know where to get the
+metafont versions?)
+
+
+**
+** International Phonetic Alphabet
+**
+
+Used by linguists, and also in some dictionaries. It's designed to go
+with Computer Modern. From WSU.
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Music
+**
+
+MuTeX is a basic music package for TeX. It seems to be the same as
+mtex, but with documentation in English rather than (or as well as)
+German.
+
+ftp: stolaf.edu [130.71.128.1] /pub/MuTeX.tar.Z /pub/MuTeX_doc.Z
+ftp: suned.zoo.cs.yale.edu [128.36.21]
+ftp: cs.ubc.edu [128.189.97.5] src/MuTeX/MuTeX.tar.Z (slow)
+ftp: wuarchive.wustl.edu: /mirrors/msdos/tex/mutex.arc
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu [134.173.4.23]: cd [anonymous.tex.musix.mutex]
+
+In Europe,
+ftp: sol.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.5] in subdirectory pub/TEX
+ftp: mtex.tar.Z (sources, including metafont sources and documentation)
+ftp: mtexfonts.tar.Z (300dpi pk files)
+These are also available in Europe by mail-server. Send mail to
+mail-server@cs.ruu.nl with HELP in the subject and the body and
+probably the .signature as well :-)
+
+
+**
+** OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
+**
+
+OCR A (this is not the font for printing on cheques)
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Subject: Fonts: Oriya
+**
+
+Sabita Panigrahi is working on Oriya (one of the modern Indian
+scripts), but this is not yet available.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 15
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+**
+** Pandora
+**
+
+This is a little like Palatino, annd includes a sans-serif variant.
+It is not yet of production quality, unfortunately.
+
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Pica
+**
+
+There is also a Pica typewriter font -- italic and bold come out with
+straight and wavy underlines (respectively), however. This is in
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.pica]
+
+**
+** Pointing Hands
+**
+
+Various manual extremities, designed by Georgia Tobin
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Punk
+**
+
+A punK hAndWritten fOnT...
+For writing on walls, perhaps. The lower case is simply a smaller
+version of the upper case.
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Sanskrit
+**
+
+(see Fonts: Devanagari)
+
+
+**
+** Sauter
+**
+
+This is a rework of Computer Modern. The outlines are the same, as
+far as I know, but it is much easier to generate the various fonts.
+By John Sauter.
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+
+
+**
+** Tengwar
+**
+
+There are at least two Tengwar fonts,
+Mike Urban's:
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.tengwar]
+
+Julian Bradfield <jcb@lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk> also has both Tengwar and
+a prototype version of Cirth runes. Email only, although I have a
+copy and can mail them to you if you can't reach Julian. I prefer
+Julian's Tengwar, I think, but I am not an expert on Tolkien fonts...
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ page 16
+______________________________________________________________________
+
+
+**
+** Thai
+**
+
+There are at least two Thai fonts around. The rmit font is a little
+tricky to make, as it needs to be in a directory called ``thai2'',
+because it refers to files called "../thai2/name".
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel.thai.rmit]
+ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel.thai.usl]
+
+
+**
+** Vietnamese
+**
+
+ftp: blackbox.hacc.washington.edu [128.95.200.1] cd /pub/testviet
+
+This test package includes tfm and pk fonts at 10 point roman and
+italic. I understand that you need TeX 3.0 or later to use this, and
+drivers that cope with fonts containing more than 128 characters.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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