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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pk.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pk.html index 7beb3103a30..e551d954dc3 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pk.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pk.html @@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ <h3>What are PK files?</h3> <p/>PK files (packed raster) contain font bitmaps. The output from <a href="FAQ-useMF.html">Metafont</a> includes a generic font (GF) file -and the -utility <i>gftopk</i> produces the PK file from that. -There are a lot of PK files, as one is needed for each font, -that is each magnification (size) of each design (point) size for each -weight for each family. Further, since the PK files for one printer -do not necessarily work well for another, the whole set needs to be -duplicated for each printer type at a site. In a modern TeX -distribution, files are arranged according to the TeX directory -structure - -(see <a href="FAQ-tds.html">TDS</a>), -which has provision for all this variety. +and the utility <i>gftopk</i> produces the PK file from +that. There are a lot of PK files, as one is needed for each +font, that is each magnification (size) of each design (point) size +for each weight for each family. Further, since the PK files +for one printer do not necessarily work well for another, the whole +set needs to be duplicated for each printer type at a site. In a +modern TeX distribution, files are arranged according to the TeX +directory structure <a href="FAQ-tds.html">TDS</a>, which has provision for +all this variety. <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=pk">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=pk</a> </body> |