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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The name you use (<code>nonstdfont</code>, above) is the name of the
Text set using nonstdfont italic...
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-<p/>This is all very elementary stuff, and serves for simple use of fonts.
+This is all very elementary stuff, and serves for simple use of fonts.
However, there are wrinkles, the most important of which is the matter
of <a href="FAQ-whatenc.html">font encodings</a>. Unfortunately, many fonts that
have appeared recently simply don&rsquo;t come in versions using Knuth&rsquo;s
@@ -84,13 +84,21 @@ document is going to use, and the package provides commands to select
fonts as they&rsquo;re needed. The distribution includes a configuration to
use Adobe &lsquo;standard&rsquo; fonts for typesetting text. (Eplain itself
seems not to offer a font selection scheme.)
+<p/>Simply to change font <em>size</em> in a document (i.e., not changing
+the default font itself), may be done using the rather straightforward
+<i>varisize</i>, which offers font sizes ranging from 7 points to
+20 points (nominal sizes, all). Font size commands are generated when
+any of the package files is loaded, so the <i>11pt.tex</i> defines a
+command <code>\</code><code>elevenpoint</code>; each of the files ensures there&rsquo;s a &ldquo;way
+back&rdquo;, by defining a <code>\</code><code>tenpoint</code> command.
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-<dt><tt><i>ec-plain</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/ec-plain.zip">macros/ec-plain</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/ec-plain.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/ec-plain/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>fontch</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch.zip">macros/plain/contrib/fontch</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>font_selection</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font_selection.zip">macros/plain/contrib/font_selection</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font_selection.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font_selection/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>ofs</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/ofs.zip">macros/generic/ofs</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/generic/ofs.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/ofs/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>pdcmac</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac.zip">macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>plnfss</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/plnfss/">macros/plain/contrib/plnfss/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>ec-plain</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/ec-plain.zip">macros/ec-plain</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/ec-plain/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>fontch</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch.zip">macros/plain/contrib/fontch</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/fontch/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>font_selection</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font_selection.zip">macros/plain/contrib/font_selection</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/font_selection/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>ofs</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/generic/ofs.zip">macros/generic/ofs</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/generic/ofs/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>pdcmac</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac.zip">macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/pdcmac/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>plnfss</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/plnfss.zip">macros/plain/plnfss</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/plnfss/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>varisize</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/varisize.zip">macros/plain/contrib/varisize</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/varisize/">browse the directory</a>)
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<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=fonts-pln">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=fonts-pln</a>
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