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+name pslatex
+category Package
+shortdesc Use PostScript fonts by default.
+longdesc A small package that makes LaTeX default to `standard' PostScript
+longdesc fonts. It is basically a merger of the times and the (obsolete)
+longdesc mathptm packages from the psnfss suite of packages. You must have
+longdesc installed standard LaTeX and the psnfss PostScript fonts to use
+longdesc this package. The main novel feature is that the pslatex package
+longdesc tries to compensate for the visual differences between the Adobe
+longdesc fonts by scaling Helvetica by 90\%, and `condensing' Courier (i.e.
+longdesc scaling horizontally) by 85\%. The package is supplied with a
+longdesc (unix) shell file for a `pslatex' command that allows standard
+longdesc LaTeX documents to be processed, without needing to edit the file.
+longdesc Note that current psnfss uses a different technique for scaling
+longdesc Helvetica, and treats Courier as a lost cause (there are better
+longdesc free fixed-width available now, than there were when pslatex was
+longdesc designed. As a result, pslatex is widely considered obsolete.
+longdesc [description copied from TeX Catalogue]