abie@jtsv16.UUCP (abie) (10/19/88)
I recently obtained a copy of elisp.dvi, gnu-lisp documentation. I am trying to print the document using dvi2ps. My problem is that the document contains names of font files that I do not have. The font file names are cmb10, cmbr, cmbsy etc. Are thes public domain fonts. If the are how can I get a copy of these files. Here we are using SQPS from sq soft to convert troff documents to ps. Does any one know the equivelent between SQPS fonts and CM fonts names. Following is a list of SQPS fontlist AGBO AvantGarde-BookOblique AGBR AvantGarde-Book AGDO AvantGarde-DemiOblique AGDR AvantGarde-Demi BKDI Bookman-DemiItalic BKDR Bookman-Demi BKLI Bookman-LightItalic BKLR Bookman-Light CB Courier-Bold CBO Courier-BoldOblique CO Courier-Oblique CR Courier HB Helvetica-Bold HBO Helvetica-BoldOblique HNB Helvetica-Narrow-Bold HNBO Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique HNO Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique HNR Helvetica-Narrow HO Helvetica-Oblique HR Helvetica NSB NewCenturySchlbk-Bold NSBI NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic NSI NewCenturySchlbk-Italic NSR NewCenturySchlbk-Roman PB Palatino-Bold PBI Palatino-BoldItalic PI Palatino-Italic PR Palatino-Roman SYM Symbol TB Times-Bold TBI Times-BoldItalic TI Times-Italic TR Times-Roman ZCMI ZapfChancery-MediumItalic ZDB ZapfDingbats Thanks in advance for an help abie
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (10/19/88)
Yes CM fonts are freely distributable. Get hold of a TeX distribution. You need both the metrics (tfm) and raster (pk or pxl) files. The styles of the fonts are explained in a TeXbook appendix. For instance cmr is roman, cmbx is bold extended, cmsy is symbol, etc. But forget about substituting them with native fonts. For one thing, the code positions of some characters differ. You might be able to squeak by for text fonts but there is no quick substitute for cmsy. The other thing is you have only the DVI file and the placements (which have already been computed in the DVI file) are going to differ from the actual dimensions of the builtin fonts enough to make the document ugly. If you were starting from the source, you could reformat using the metrics of the builtin fonts, but... Ken
exodus@mfgfoc.uucp (Greg Onufer) (10/20/88)
From article <1988Oct19.022646.25018@cs.rochester.edu>, by ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap): > Yes CM fonts are freely distributable. Get hold of a TeX distribution. > You need both the metrics (tfm) and raster (pk or pxl) files. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe only TeX uses the metric files, the dvi translator programs use only the raster files. And as an aside, when one obtains the TeX distribution, they should also obtain the Beebe DVI Drivers from Nelson Beebe at the Univ of Utah. Excellent software for nearly any printer, and all in C. --Greg
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (10/20/88)
|> Yes CM fonts are freely distributable. Get hold of a TeX distribution. |> You need both the metrics (tfm) and raster (pk or pxl) files. | |Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe only TeX uses the metric files, |the dvi translator programs use only the raster files. And as an aside, Yes, you're right of course. I forgot he only wanted to print a document, not bring up TeX. Then again, tfm files take up only a small fraction of the space taken up by pk files and they always come together, so why not get the whole kaboodle? |when one obtains the TeX distribution, they should also obtain the |Beebe DVI Drivers from Nelson Beebe at the Univ of Utah. Excellent |software for nearly any printer, and all in C. Indeed. Ken
jr@bbn.com (John Robinson) (10/21/88)
In article <312@jtsv16.UUCP>, abie@jtsv16 (abie) writes: > Are thes public domain fonts. If the are how can I get a > copy of these files. They are public domain. Perhaps the authors of the document can also make available the PostScript version of the file (e.g., output of dvi2ps). As the downloading of fonts would then be in the file, it would print on any PostScript printer, at least any 300 dpi one. -- /jr jr@bbn.com or bbn!jr