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+<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>