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   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"
 
 
 
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   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)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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**
** 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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**
** 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]
 


 
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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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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**
** 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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**
** 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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**
** 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...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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**
** 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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