spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (01/31/90)
>>>>> On 26 Jan 90 17:16:18 GMT, ronp@cs.umr.edu said: > I am looking for Helvetica and Times-Roman fonts for \TeX. I would like > to obtain .TFM and .PK files for the full range of sizes, italics, > slants, and bolds. > I would appreciate any info on where I can locate any or all of these > font files. I am assuming they already exist. If they do not, it might > be METAFONT time. you have an overactive imagination, I'm afraid. I know of no Metafont source for Times-Roman and Helvetica, which are copyrighted font names. If you have a PostScript or other printer which has licensed the fonts from their owners, then you just need TFM files; in the case of PostScript fonts, Adobe supply Adobe Font Metric files instead, which are readily converted to TFM by utilities in at least 3 of the dvi to PostScript packages. -- Sebastian Rahtz S.Rahtz@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET) Computer Science S.Rahtz@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bitnet) Southampton S09 5NH, UK S.Rahtz@sot-ecs.uucp (uucp)
wisner@hayes.fai.alaska.edu (Bill Wisner) (02/02/90)
> If you have a PostScript or other printer which has licensed >the fonts from their owners, then you just need TFM files; in the case >of PostScript fonts, Adobe supply Adobe Font Metric files instead, >which are readily converted to TFM by utilities in at least 3 of the >dvi to PostScript packages. Can you tell me where to get such a package? I have afm files for all the Adobe fonts, and would kill to be able to use PS fonts from TeX. w. <wisner@hayes.fai.alaska.edu> <wisner@mica.berkeley.edu>
smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (J. Daniel Smith) (02/03/90)
In article <415@umrisca.usenet.umr.edu> ronp@cs.umr.edu () writes: >I am looking for Helvetica and Times-Roman fonts for \TeX. I would like >to obtain .TFM and .PK files for the full range of sizes, italics, >slants, and bolds. There was a flier with the Nov 89 TUGboat that advertised bitmaps for the 35 "standard" PostScript fonts at a variety of sizes. They were targeted for TeX users with HP printers, but I would guess they would also be quite useful for things like previewing.... The number given is 1-800-USA-BOOKS (don't ask me about the extra letter/digit). The claim from the person I talked to is that these were from the true Adobe fonts, but I don't know quite how... >I would appreciate any info on where I can locate any or all of these >font files. I am assuming they already exist. If they do not, it might >be METAFONT time. Georgia Tobin of the Metafoundry (part of the OCLC) created a set of fonts "inspired" by Times/Helvetica using the 'old' METAfont. Some of these are available in limited sizes from Personal TeX Inc. Some of the other fine work Gerogia has done can frequently be seen in her TUBboat column "Font Forum". The TeX Users Group has lots of additional information about TeX. The cost to join is only $35 (a mere $25 for students). The membership fee includes a subscription to the TUGboat---an invaluable resource for TeX users. So, to use the words of Knuth "Don't delay, write today!" (pg. 483 of the TeXbook). TeX Users Group P.O. Box 9506 Providence, RI 02940 (401) 751-7760 TUG@math.ams.com (Internet) Dan ========================================================================= J. Daniel Smith Internet: smithda@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu Michigan State University BITNET: smithdan@msuegr East Lansing, Michigan Usenet: uunet!frith!smithda [Pointers] are like jumps, leaping wildly from one part of data structure to another. Their introduction into high-level languages has been a step backward from which we may never recover. - C. A. R. Hoare =========================================================================
spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (02/05/90)
>>>>> On 1 Feb 90 23:43:41 GMT, wisner@hayes.fai.alaska.edu (Bill Wisner) said: >>which are readily converted to TFM by utilities in at least 3 of the >>dvi to PostScript packages. > Can you tell me where to get such a package? I have afm files for all > the Adobe fonts, and would kill to be able to use PS fonts from TeX. Rokicki's dvips (ftp from labrea.stanford.edu) has an afm2tfm utility, and Clark's dvitops (from UK TeX archive if you find that easier) has an afm2pl program. Bechtolsheim's dvitps (on Unix TeX tape) also has the utility. -- Sebastian Rahtz S.Rahtz@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET) Computer Science S.Rahtz@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bitnet) Southampton S09 5NH, UK S.Rahtz@sot-ecs.uucp (uucp)