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+pslatex (Times/Helvetica/Courier with LaTeX2e)
+
+ Copyright 1994 1996 2021 David Carlisle
+
+ All the files in the pslatex distribution may be redistributed
+ and/or modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License
+ distributed from CTAN archives in directory
+ macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either version 1 of the License,
+ or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This is a small package that makes LaTeX default to `standard'
+PostScript fonts. It is basically a hacked merger of times.sty and
+mathptm.sty, from the psnfss suite of packages. You must have
+installed standard LaTeX (LaTeX2e) and psnfss PostScript fonts
+to use this package.
+
+The main novel feature is that the pslatex package (unlike times.sty)
+tries to compensate for the visual differences between the Adobe fonts
+by scaling Helvetica by 90%, and `condensing' Courier (ie scaling
+horizontally) by 85%.
+
+The second novel feature is that it is supplied with a (unix) shell
+file that produces a `pslatex' command that allows standard LaTeX
+documents to be processed, without needing to edit the file to add
+\usepackage{pslatex}
+The same command is supplied as a .bat file for DOS, and could be easily
+edited to the command language for any other OS.
+
+I have not used this much myself, I prefer Computer Modern Fonts, as a
+rule, but it has had reasonably extensive testing as it has been used
+as a replacement for the old LaTeX2.09 pslatex by Mario Wolczko, which
+had a large user base at Manchester.
+
+To use this package: either add the line \usepackage{pslatex} to your
+preamble, or if you do not want to edit the file, use the supplied
+`pslatex' command instead of `latex' which will cause LaTeX to
+automatically include the pslatex package at \begin{document}.
+
+ David Carlisle
+ 1994/02/07
+ 1996/07/22
+ 1996/07/24
+ 2021/01/13
+
+Files
+=====
+
+README.txt This file
+
+dvips/pcrr8rn.map If you are using dvips, copy the one line from
+ this file to your psfonts.map file.
+
+fontinst/courier.tex The source file for the courier vf fonts.
+ You do not need this file unless you need to
+ recreate the supplied files using fontinst.
+
+latex/pslatex.sty The pslatex package, place this in your
+ TEXINPUTS tree.
+
+
+shell/pslatex A unix (Bourne shell) script to supply a
+ `pslatex' command that implicitly adds
+ \usepackage{pslatex}
+ pslatex.bat Same for DOS
+
+
+tfm/pcrr8rn.tfm tfm font, for condensed courier. (Raw)
+ pcrr7tn.tfm (OT1)
+ pcrr8tn.tfm (T1)
+ Place these in your tfm area
+
+
+
+vf/pcrr7tn.vf vf font, for condensed courier. (OT1)
+ pcrr8tn.vf (T1)
+ Place these in your vf area
+
+
+afm/pcrr8a.afm Courier
+ psyr.afm Symbol
+ afm files. You don't need these unless using
+ fontinst to rebuild the supplied fonts.