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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 269187fdd88..7beb3103a30 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 @@ -2,18 +2,19 @@ <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 +<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> +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. +<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> |