woolstar@cit-750.caltech.edu.UUCP (01/29/87)
Rusty@weyl.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) writes: >One of the TeX advantages that you forgot is font compatibility. If >you use TeX and stick with TeX's Computer Modern font then you can be >confident that your output will be the same regardless of what output >device you use. With troff you never know what fonts will be >available at some place until you get there (or ask beforehand). With the expanding domain of postscript and the dvips program, I can be reasonably sure that any TeXing I do for one ps machine will be the same as another. (really handy when preparing stuff for a PS typesetter.) Now, if someone would just put together .tfm files for the Laserwriter+ extra fonts. (Glenn@hobiecat are you out there ?) -------------- John D Woolverton "Yes it's true..." jdw@tybalt.caltech.edu woolstar@csvax.caltech.edu