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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-driver.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-driver.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e67b74867d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-driver.html @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label driver</title> +</head><body> +<h3>What is a driver?</h3> +<p>A driver is a program that takes as input a DVI file +(<a href="FAQ-dvi.html">DVI files</a>) and +(usually) produces a file that can be sent to a typographic +output device, called a printer for short. +<p>A driver will usually be specific to a particular printer, +although any PostScript printer ought to be able to print +the output from a PostScript driver. + +<p>As well as the DVI file, the driver needs font information. +Font information may be held as bitmaps or as outlines, or simply as a +set of pointers into the fonts that the printer itself 'has'. +Each driver will expect the font information in +a particular form. For more information on the forms of fonts, +see <a href="FAQ-pk.html"><code>pk</code> files</a>, + +<a href="FAQ-tfm.html"><code>tfm</code> files</a>, +<a href="FAQ-virtualfonts.html">virtual fonts</a> +and <a href="FAQ-usepsfont.html">Using PostScript fonts with TeX</a>. +<p><p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=driver">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=driver</a> +</body> |