chris@mimsy.UUCP (01/26/87)
In article <106@tg.UUCP> scott@tg.UUCP (Scott Barman) writes: >THE biggest disadvantage of TeX vs. ditroff I can see is the requirement >of TeX to use its own generated fonts (metafont). TeX is able (not terribly willing, but able) to use typesetter-resident fonts. Unfortunately, it does take a Metafont wizard to construct a TFM file comprising the various tables: widths, kerning, ligatures, and extensible character `recipes' (for large math brackets &c). But just as companies supply width tables for old troff, they are now beginning to supply TeX font metric files and TeX drivers. (I have mixed feelings towards this. It does make installation much easier, but it also creates incompatibilities that somehow feel unnecessary.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) UUCP: seismo!mimsy!chris ARPA/CSNet: chris@mimsy.umd.edu