jzavgren@bbn.com (John Zavgren) (09/09/88)
I just acquired a new version of dvi2ps that allegedly understands "\specials", and let me stuff figures into TeX documents via, for example psfig. I edited the paths in the Makefile and compiled it. When I run the program it tries to open nonexistent font files that have rather odd-sounding names, for example, amsy10.1000. Frankly, I'm stymied. Can anyone tell me what going on? RSVP John Zavgren, jzavgren@bbn.com
jzavgren@bbn.com (John Zavgren) (09/09/88)
I just acquired a new version of dvi2ps that allegedly understands "\specials", and will let me stuff postscript files into TeX documents via, for example psfig. I edited the paths in the Makefile and compiled it. When I run the program it tries to open nonexistent font files that have rather odd-sounding names, for example, amsy10.1000. Frankly, I'm stymied. Can anyone tell me what's going on? RSVP John Zavgren, jzavgren@bbn.com
ehrlich@blitz (Dan Ehrlich) (09/10/88)
In article <29488@bbn.COM> jzavgren@bbn.com (John Zavgren) writes: >I just acquired a new version of dvi2ps that allegedly understands >"\specials", and let me stuff figures into TeX documents via, for >example psfig. I edited the paths in the Makefile and compiled it. > >When I run the program it tries to open nonexistent font files that have >rather odd-sounding names, for example, amsy10.1000. Frankly, I'm >stymied. Can anyone tell me what going on? > The am* font family are the American Mathematical Society fonts. They are available from AMS in Rhode Island. If you don't want to spend any money you should be able to change all of the references to the am fonts to the freely distributed cm (Computer Modern) fonts that come with TeX. >RSVP >John Zavgren, jzavgren@bbn.com Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@blitz.cs.psu.edu> | Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are The Pennsylvania State University | my own, and should not be attributed Department of Computer Science | to anyone else, living or dead. University Park, PA 16802 |
weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Joe Weening) (09/10/88)
In article <3909@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu>, ehrlich@blitz (Dan Ehrlich) writes: >In article <29488@bbn.COM> jzavgren@bbn.com (John Zavgren) writes: >>When I run [dvi2ps] it tries to open nonexistent font files that have >>rather odd-sounding names, for example, amsy10.1000. Frankly, I'm >>stymied. Can anyone tell me what going on? > >The am* font family are the American Mathematical Society fonts. They are >available from AMS in Rhode Island. If you don't want to spend any money >you should be able to change all of the references to the am fonts to the >freely distributed cm (Computer Modern) fonts that come with TeX. Not quite right. The AM fonts are the "Almost" Computer Modern fonts produced by Don Knuth at Stanford in 1983 with the old version of Metafont, as a stopgap until the real CM fonts were designed in 1985-86. They have nothing to do with the AMS. (You are probably thinking of the MSXM, MSYM and Cyrillic fonts distributed by the AMS.) It is true, though, that you can replace almost all AM fonts by the corresponding fonts with CM names. (There are about 4 or so exceptions whose names were changed slightly.) Many of the character widths changed, however, so you cannot just substitute the fonts in an existing DVI file; you should make the change in the TeX source and run it through TeX again. I hope that everyone who is still using AM fonts for any purpose will find the time to convert as soon as possible. The AM fonts are obsolete and were never intended to last beyond 1986. (Though the script letters in AMSY10 do look better than CMSY10, I must agree.) -- Joe Weening Computer Science Dept. weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU Stanford University
dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Donald Hosek) (09/18/88)
In article <3909@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> ehrlich@blitz (Dan Ehrlich) writes: >The am* font family are the American Mathematical Society fonts. They are >available from AMS in Rhode Island. If you don't want to spend any money >you should be able to change all of the references to the am fonts to the >freely distributed cm (Computer Modern) fonts that come with TeX. The am fonts are not AMS fonte. The AMS wants nothing to do with these fonts. am stands for almost modern, the predecessor to TeX's computer modern. I'm not sure why your driver is looking for these fonts, but it seems to me to be one of two things: (1) your TeX is hopelessly out of date and still uses the old am fonts and the paths that you have for fonts don't match what the driver wants, or (2) the driver has hard-coded into it the am fonts for some reason (perhaps some font substitution mechanism). Don't bother the AMS asking for am fonts. They might still have them, but they won't distribute them. -dh Do you know my preferred e-mail address yet? DHOSEK@YMIR.BITNET or dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu
jzavgren@bbn.com (John Zavgren) (10/01/88)
I just received a message (I have since thrown it out) from vemula@gondor.cs.psu.edu for help with dvi2ps. I would like to reply but the host name is not in my host table. Can the author of this message help me out? Or better yet, can someone tell me how to translate "arcane" host names into internet addresses. RSVP John Zavgren
aff@ece-csc.UUCP (Alice F. Forgety) (04/18/89)
I apologize for repeating this question. However, I'm really stumped and desparate! Consider this scenario. We're using: TeX under Ultrix, the dvi2ps driver in tex82/mitdrivers/dvi2ps a LaserWriter. Psfig refuses to operate in this setting. It uses \special commands that are not supported by dvi2ps. (Apparently, the ArborTeX dvi2ps was psfig's model.) What can I do? -- Modify dvi2ps (suggested references?) -- Change psfig.tex -- ????? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail responses to mcnc!lord!maw (this is my wife's account, i.e., aff@ece-csc). Thanks, Mark Ward home (919) 828-6319 P.O. Box 8225 work (919) 469-3443 Lord Corporation x240 Cary, NC 27512
chrisc@itd.dsto.oz (Chris Clarkson) (06/10/89)
Does anyone have a version of dvi2ps that supports pk format fonts? I have a version which supports pxl and gf but not pk. I need it fairly rapidly so paying for tapes from the US is fine by me. Please reply by mail to the above address (tack .au on the end if needed) Chris Clarskon
frank@amd.com (11/22/89)
I'm sure it's been asked for before, BUT...
Where can I get a dvi to PostScript filter for a SparcStation?
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I am trying to get dvi2ps to work with our apple laser writers. The problem that I am experiencing is STRANGE font substitutions- usually math italic for cmr12, there are also very bad (unusual-unreasonable) substitutions with cmbx10, cmr17, cmr6, cmr7, cmr8, .... Where should I start looking? Thanks in advance. ___________________________________________________________ |Mike Whitbeck | | |Desert Research Inst. | mikew@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu | |POB 60220 | | |RENO, NV 89506 | 702-673-7348 | |__________________________|______________________________| Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough committee meetings are held to discuss it.
little@odin.ucsd.edu (Glenn Little) (11/09/90)
We are currently running a fairly old dvi2ps program. I am looking for the latest available via ftp. We need support for Trevor Darrell's psfig, printer-resident postscript fonts, pk fonts, and tpic would be nice. I would hope that there would be one that was an updated version or compatible with the one we currently have. The README has "Van Jacobson" at the bottom, and a date of December 1987. Are there any that generate conformant postscript? That's the problem with the current one we have. Thanks for any pointers. Glenn Little little%cs@ucsd.edu glittle@ucsd.edu
jansteen@cwi.nl (Jan van der Steen) (11/09/90)
little@odin.ucsd.edu (Glenn Little) writes: > We are currently running a fairly old dvi2ps program. I am > looking for the latest available via ftp. We need support for > Trevor Darrell's psfig, printer-resident postscript fonts, pk > fonts, and tpic would be nice. I would hope that there would be > one that was an updated version or compatible with the one we > currently have. The README has "Van Jacobson" at the bottom, > and a date of December 1987. Are there any that generate > conformant postscript? That's the problem with the current one > we have. > Thanks for any pointers. > Glenn Little > little%cs@ucsd.edu > glittle@ucsd.edu You should get dvips from labrea.stanford.edu. This PostScript driver has all the options you want and more. The PostScript files generated by dvips don't give problems on any of the 6 different PostScript devices/interpreters in my company. BTW There is a seperate newsgroup for tex: "comp.text.tex". Amongst others this newsgroup features a monthly "frequently asked questions" posting. Jan van der Steen -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jan van der Steen jansteen@cwi.nl Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands