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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-getbitmap.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-getbitmap.html deleted file mode 100644 index 90d8b8a93c6..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-getbitmap.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label getbitmap</title> -</head><body> -<h3>Acquiring bitmap fonts</h3> -<p/>When CTAN was young, most people would start using TeX -with a 300 dots-per-inch (dpi) laser printer, and sets of Computer -Modern bitmap fonts for this resolution are available on CTAN. -(There are separate sets for write-black and write-white printers, as -well as sets at 120 dpi and 240 dpi.) -<p/>Over the years, there have been regular requests that CTAN should hold -a wider range of resolutions, but they were resisted for two reasons: -<ul> -<li> The need to decide which printers to generate fonts for. The - broad-brush approach taken for 300 dpi printers was (more or less) - justified back then, given the dominance of certain printer - ‘engines’, but nowadays one could not make any such assumption. -<li> Given the above, justifying the space taken up by a huge array - of bitmap fonts. -</ul> -Fortunately, (La)TeX distribution technology has put a stop to these -arguments: most (if not all) current distributions generate bitmap -fonts as needed, and cache them for later re-use. The impatient -user, who is determined that all bitmap fonts should be created once -and for all, may be supported by scripts such as <i>allcm</i> -(distributed with TeX Live, at least; otherwise such a -person should consult “<a href="FAQ-useMF.html">the use of Metafont</a>)”. -<p/>If your output is to a PostScript-capable device, or if your output is -destined to be converted to PDF, you should switch to -using Type 1 versions of the CM fonts. Two free -sets are available; the older (<i>bakoma</i>) is -somewhat less well produced than the <i>bluesky</i> fonts, which were -originally professionally produced and sold, but were then released -for general public use by their originators Y&Y and Bluesky Research, -in association with the AMS and other scientific publishers -(they are nowadays available under the SIL’s Open Fonts Licence). The -two sets contain slightly different ranges of fonts, but you are -advised to use the <i>bluesky</i> set except when <i>bakoma</i> -is for some reason absolutely unavoidable. In recent years, several -other ‘Metafont’ fonts have been converted to Type 1 format; it’s -uncommon ever to need to generate bitmap fonts for any purpose other -than previewing (see -<a href="FAQ-PSpreview.html">“previewing documents with Type 1 fonts”</a>), -if even then. -<p/>More modern fonts may be used in place of the Computer Modern set. The -<a href="FAQ-ECfonts.html">EC fonts</a> and the -<a href="FAQ-uselmfonts.html">Latin Modern fonts</a> are both close relatives with -wider ranges of glyphs to offer. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>BaKoMa fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma.zip">fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/bakoma-fonts.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>Bluesky fonts</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of - <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/amsfonts.zip">fonts/amsfonts</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/amsfonts/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/amsfonts.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>CM fonts (write-black printers)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cm/pk/pk300.zip">fonts/cm/pk/pk300.zip</a> -<dt><tt><i>CM fonts (write-white printers)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/cm/pk/pk300w.zip">fonts/cm/pk/pk300w.zip</a> -<dt><tt><i>EC fonts (Type 1 format)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super.zip">fonts/ps-type1/cm-super</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/cm-super.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>Latin Modern fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/lm.zip">fonts/lm</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/lm/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/lm.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> - -<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=getbitmap">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=getbitmap</a> -</body> |