diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pclnfss/README')
-rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pclnfss/README | 101 |
1 files changed, 101 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pclnfss/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pclnfss/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d1a253e0058 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/pclnfss/README @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +ABOUT + +pclnfss - a package of LaTeX 2e class files for selecting and using +the standard 45 scalable fonts built into most PCL laser printers. +Updates the .../texmf/tex/latex/dvilj/*.sty package files provided +with the original dviljk-2.x distribution. + +VERSIONS + +2004 Mar 15 - v0.1 Leif Harcke <lharcke@stanford.edu> + +INSTALLATION + + Style files + ----------- +Copy the tex/latex/pclnfss directory containing the *.sty and *.fd +files to your .../texmf/tex/latex directory. You should remove the +older .../texmf/tex/latex/dvilj/* class files. + + Font Metrics and Virtual Fonts + ------------------------------ +If your TeX distribution doesn't have the LaserJet font metric files +and virtual fonts installed, copy the files in the fonts/ directory to +the corresponding locations in your .../texmf/fonts/ directory. + +DEPENDENCIES + +You need dviljk-2.6p2 as distributed with teTeX or a similar DVI to +PCL driver in order to generate PCL code from the resulting DVI +driver. dviljk is still part of the base teTeX distribution. A +different branch of the code can be found in + + http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/dviware/dviljk/ + +and + + http://ftp.tug.org/historic/systems/dviware/dviljk/ + +Warning: the above versions are labeled 2.8, but teTeX seems to be +distributing v2.6p2 as the current version. The dviljk codebase +branched sometime in the 1996-1997 timeframe. + +TEST SUITE + +Run LaTeX on the typelist.tex file in the tests/ directory. Then run +the dvihp shell script on the dvi file to send the output to the PCL +printer. The output should resemble a facsimile of the PCL Typeface +List that can be printed using the front panel controls of the +printer. + +USING THE PACKAGES + +A quick example: + + \documentclass{article} + \usepackage{garamond} + \begin{document} + \noindent Testing the Garamond font. {\it Italic} {\bf Bold}\\ + Here is a WingDing of a pencil: \usefont{OT1}{hwi}{m}{n} \char033 + \end{document} + + +LICENSE + +GNU General Public License. This package is a modification of the +original dvilj style files which came with the dviljk package, which +was distributed under the GPL. See the file COPYING in the root level +of this package. + +CREDITS + +Andy Piper contributed the original dvilj PCL font selection packages +for the LaserJet 4L printer to the dviljk package. Karl Berry +generated the virtual font files (see src/README) for the dviljk +package. dviljk is based on the dvi2xx package by Gustaf Neumann. +Norman Walsh generated the original pl files from the TFM files +supplied on the HP developer's disk using his HPtfm2pl program. + +BUGS / MISSING FEATURES + + * need better documentation + * provide virtual math fonts a la PSNFSS's mathptx package + * generate font metrics and style files for the 60 or 80 standard + PCL6 fonts. + +BUILDING METRICS AND VIRTUAL FONTS FROM SCRATCH + +Only for the diehard. This would require getting a copy of the +original TFM files on the Hewlett Packard developer disk. Then use +Norman Walsh's HPtfm2pl program (DOS executable only): + + http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/hp2pl/ + +to convert the TFM files to pl files. Optionally, you could start +with Norm's pl metrics available from + + http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ljmetrics/ + +Then use Karl Berry's programs in this package's src/ directory to +generate the virtual fonts. + |