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+Copyright 2011 Karl Berry
+You may freely use, modify, and/or distribute this file, without limitation.
+
+The idea behind these files is to define map entries for the 35 standard
+PostScript fonts, in the 8r, 8y, and 8z encodings.
+
+We support these encodings here, instead of using the .map files from
+the ly1 and cs packages, because updmap supports various options to
+transform names between Adobe-style and URW-style, in order to support
+downloadable vs. assuming built-in fonts in the output from dvips,
+pdftex, etc. Those options apply to these *35.map files only, so
+anything about them should be included here for best results.
+
+Here's the idea:
+- the "base14" fonts are Courier, Helvetica, Times (x4 of each)
+ plus the singular Symbol and and ZapfDingbats.
+- the "base35" fonts add Avant Garde, New Century Schoolbook,
+ Helvetica-Narrow and Palatino (x4 of each).
+
+- there are URW fontnames used when we download using the URW pfb files,
+ e.g. URWPalladioL-Roma.
+- there are Adobe fontnames used when we do not download, but instead
+ assume the reading environment provides the fonts,
+ e.g., Palatino-Roman.
+
+- these days, it is recommended (and the default) to download
+ everything, for both ps and pdf output.
+
+Nevertheless, the files here support various combinations of the above:
+dvipdfm35.map - Adobe for base14, URW otherwise (dvipdfm syntax, obsolete).
+pdftex35.map - Adobe for base14, URW otherwise (pdftex syntax).
+dvips35.map - Adobe for everything.
+ps2pk35.map - URW for everything (the default).
+
+These names (dvipdfm, pdftex, dvips, ps2pk) refer to usage and syntax,
+not to the programs by those names, as one might reasonably assume. It
+is only updmap that reads these particular files, not the programs.
+
+It would have been simpler if we had generated these files from a
+program in the first place instead of maintaining these multiple
+almost-but-not-quite-the-same files, but here we are.