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+\title{A \protect\MF\ of `Simpsons' characters}
+\author[Raymond Chen]{Raymond Chen \\\texttt{rjc@math.princeton.edu}}
+\begin{Article}
+
+\begin{quote}\em
+[Editor's note: I found this issue's `stocking filler' on the NTG
+CD-ROM; correspondences between Simpsons characters and well-known \TeX xies
+do tend to come to mind. ]
+\end{quote}
+\noindent
+The author can type +\Lisa+, +\Homer+, +\Bart+, or +\Marge+ to produce the
+corresponding character. The default is to draw the character facing
+to the right and looking directly at you. To modify this, you can
+prefix the macro +\Left+ to get the character face left instead of right,
+\eg +\Left\Lisa+.
+
+You can also prefix the macro +\Goofy+ and suffix two pairs of
+coordinates, which modify how the pupils are drawn. E.g.,
++\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5).+ The first pair of coordinates is applied to the
+right pupil (which is the one on the left when printed) and the second
+pair to the left pupil. The units are relative to the size of the
+character. (So if you say +\font\simpsons=simpsons scaled 1200+ you
+don't have to modify all the coordinates in the +\Goofy+'s.)
+
+If you uses both prefixes, as in +\Goofy\Left+, then the
+mirror-image-reversal takes place \emph{after} the goofiness is applied.
+This is so that you can just say +\Goofy\Left\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)+ to get a
+mirror image of +\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)+.
+
+Some sample Simpsons:
+\begin{description}
+\item[\Goofy\Homer(6,4)(4,4)] D'oh!
+
+\item[\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)]
+ This is Lisa Simpson.
+ She's smart, she's sweet, she's sensitive\dots but
+ don't hold that against her.
+
+\item[\Bart] I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?
+
+\item[\Left\Marge] Mmmm\dots
+\item[\Left\Maggie] Suck. Suck.
+\end{description}
+The characters were obtained from:
+ \begin{description}
+\item[Lisa] Simpsons Illustrated, Summer 91, cover
+\item[Homer] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, cover
+\item[Bart] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta
+\item[Marge] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta
+\item[Burns] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta
+\item[Maggie] Simpsons 1992 calendar, ``Phone pranks''
+\item[SNPP] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, Homer's job file
+\end{description}
+They were traced and transferred to graph paper, then magnified fourfold.
+\end{Article} \ No newline at end of file