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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 index ebc89d48b51..bb395b8b06a 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-driver.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-driver.html @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ <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 +<h3>What is a DVI driver?</h3> +<p/>A DVI 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, +output device (which we will call a printer, for short), or to another +format. +<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. +<p/>As well as the DVI file, the driver also 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 @@ -20,5 +21,5 @@ see <a href="FAQ-pk.html">PK files</a>, <a href="FAQ-tfm.html">TFM 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> +<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> |