mike@cimcor.mn.org (Michael Grenier) (07/17/88)
Does anyone know of a UUCP available archive that would have
the Metafont distribution?
Also, who does one contact for an "offical" distribution of TeX
and/or Metafont? The U of Wash?
Is it available on a floppy format? ( I can read just about anything ).
-Mike Grenier
mike@cimcor.mn.org
{ihnp4??, rutgers, amdahl}!bungia!cimcor!mikeburkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) (06/15/89)
Just a few questions:
1) Does anyone know of a PD version of Metafont that is available by FTP?
2) Does anyone know of a *complete* set of .pk fonts that can be used with
the Beebe's drivers and the dvi2herc dvi previewer that comes with
DosTex. (The fonts included from Simtel20 are inadequate)
All I want to do is be able to preview and print dvi files generated by LaTeX
on a PC with a Hercules display and a Panasonic 24 pin dot matrix printer,
respectively, while at the same time making efficient use of my 32 meg HD.
3) Are the Beebe drivers the only drivers available to print dvi files?
4) Why don't previewers and printer drivers use TFM fonts so that TeX,
the previewer and printer could use the same single set of fonts?
5) Is there a version of CDVI that uses more than the 12 standard TeX fonts?
6) Is there a version of DVIEW that uses fonts other than PXL format?
7) Is DosTex suppose to come with a seventh disk that has font production
capabilities?
As you can see......I need some answers!
I would appreciate any help, suggestions or hints (maybe others would to)...
so you can email or post.
burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett)
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Wisconsinjohn@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) (06/15/89)
I recommend Personal TeX, Inc., of Mill Valley, CA, phone (415)388-8853, for solid implementations of TeX and METAFONT on PCs. They can address most of your concerns, e.g., drivers and previewers that use the same .pk font trees to minimize disk usage. Their prices are reasonable (in my opinion), unless you are unwilling to pay anything at all for software. Their support has been excellent both in getting questions answered and in getting bugs fixed. Disclaimer: I have no connection with Personal TeX except as a satisfied user for three years. -- John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, New Mexico USENET: ucbvax!unmvax!nmtsun!john CSNET: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu ``A lesson from past over-machined societies...the devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.'' --Frank Herbert
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (06/15/89)
|1) Does anyone know of a PD version of Metafont that is available by FTP? I believe several sites offer the complete TeX distribution. See comp.archives or somewhere like that. |2) Does anyone know of a *complete* set of .pk fonts that can be used with | the Beebe's drivers and the dvi2herc dvi previewer that comes with | DosTex. (The fonts included from Simtel20 are inadequate) Problem is nobody has been able to agree on what is a complete set. In terms of the 16 fonts mentioned in the TeX book and the fonts in lfonts.tex, yes, but then what magnifications? Nonetheless I think the public distributions have an adequate set. |All I want to do is be able to preview and print dvi files generated by LaTeX |on a PC with a Hercules display and a Panasonic 24 pin dot matrix printer, |respectively, while at the same time making efficient use of my 32 meg HD. Ah, perhaps you want a minimal set rather than a complete set, then. |3) Are the Beebe drivers the only drivers available to print dvi files? No, there are plethora of other drivers available, some free, some not. Always mention what OS you want a driver to run on and what output device. |4) Why don't previewers and printer drivers use TFM fonts so that TeX, | the previewer and printer could use the same single set of fonts? Tfm files are just metric files. They don't contain the character shapes, just the scalable dimensions for that face. |5) Is there a version of CDVI that uses more than the 12 standard TeX fonts? Apparently there is a 2.0 from the author but this you have pay for.
beihl@sunspot.cad.mcc.com (Gary Beihl) (06/15/89)
>7) Is DosTex suppose to come with a seventh disk that has font production > capabilities? The current DosTeX distribution contains seven disks and includes Metafont. The version on Simtel20 was uploaded before the Metafont port was released. Simtel20's version of DVIEPS contains at least one major bug and DVI2HERC a less severe problem, both of which are fixed in the current version. I will shortly try to contact all registered users by mail for replacement of these two executables. Gary Beihl (beihl@mcc.com)