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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 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..059614210bf --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pk.html @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label pk</title> +</head><body> +<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. As a result, they are +often held in an elaborate directory structure, or in 'font library +files', to regularise access. +<p><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> |