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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]