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Postscript versions of these fonts for use in MacOS systems are
available in systems/mac/fonts/oztex
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Before you start
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You will find in these Stuffit 5 archives fonts in MacOS format
and the files needed to use them in a TeX system, namely OzTeX.
The procedure to install these fonts in other MacOS TeX systems,
such as Textures or Direct TeX is necessarily different,
therefore you should consult the manual of your implementation
before asking the maintainer, as he only had access to OzTeX on
the Macintosh and presently to teTeX on fancy schmancy unix boxes and
MikTeX in a Windows box.


Contents
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The package contains at least the following items:

  * MacOS bitmap suitcase with a carefully hand-built metrics
    resource. If the fonts are relevant only to TeX/LaTeX use,
    the font names have been edited with a resource editor to
    include a percent sign prefix. This guarantees their
    "invisibility" to normal applications in your system but not
    to your TeX application if properly configured.

    Notice that this strategy may not work with OSX. My experice with
    this version of the OS is definitely *not* with Apple's versions
    therefore you are on your own. (And I don't remember the last time I
    used OpenStep either).

    Yet, you still need these versions if you want to use the fonts in
    Classic or Carbon applications (probably with some new Cocoa
    appplications as well, but you are on your own here).

  * PostScript Type 1 outline files, also known as printer files.
    These files are verbatim translations of the original fonts
    from PostScript Font Binary (.pfb) format to LaserWriter Font
    resource format (LWFN/POST), the native MacOS format for
    postscript fonts. Verbatim here means that the data
    contained in the outline data is exactly the same contained
    in the original fonts. Most of the original fonts were
    created by Taco Hoekwater unless explicitly noted.

    This means that is the original fonts have artifacts, these format
    translations have them too. I may have corrected versions available
    but those are for my own use only (unless I can be conviced
    otherwise by a reasonable number of people.)

  * OzTeX configuration file. This is a file containing
    configuration directives for OzTeX's dvi previewer and
    non-postscript printing. It should be added to your local
    configuration file.

  * DVIPS configuration files, if applicable.
    
  * METAFONT and metrics (.tfm) files if applicable.
    
  * LaTeX support files if applicable.
    
  * LY1 support files if applicable.
    
In the particular case of commercial foundry fonts licensed as
freeware, the metrics support (.tfm and .vf files) are included
in the PSNFSS 8.1 and later distributions.


Licenses
========

These fonts are not necessarily in the public domain! Please make
sure to read the license agreement included with the fonts if
applicable.

THESE PACKAGES ARE OFFERED AS A FREE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TeX
USERS COMMUNITY AND IMPLY NO WARRANTY NOR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND.
BY USE OF THE CONTENTS IN THIS PACKAGE, YOU RENOUNCE ANY RIGHT OF
COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY. OPENING THE PACKAGE OR READING THIS
DOCUMENT IN PART OR IN ITS ENTIRETY IMPLIES YOUR IRREVOCABLE
ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THIS LICENSE.

THE COPYRIGHT OF THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE INCLUDED IN THESE PACKAGES
IS THE PROPRIETY OF THIER RESPECTIVE OWNERS AND USED IN ACCORDANCE
TO THE LICENSES SET FORTH BY THE RESPECTIVE AUTHORS.


Support?
========

Support is limited to correcting problems that may interfere with
the correct operation of the fonts in a MacOS system.

Having made clear my position in the matter, you can post your
questions on the use and installation of these fonts, or ---God
forbid!--- bugs, to the OzTeX Users mailing list, where I'll try
to help you with your troubles. This is a majordomo server (for
those of you who know what that means) to which you send
commands in the *body* of an email message.

To subscribe:

  From: <your_account_name@your.mail.host>
  To: majordomo@maths.adelaide.edu.au
  
  subscribe oztex-info
  
Please make sure *not to include* a signature file in your
messages to the server.


Alejandro L\'opez-Valencia
palopez at usa dot net
dradul at yahoo dot net

Santaf\'e de Bogot\'a. October 25, 2000
Revised: Santaf\'e de Bogot\'a, January 27, 2002