habibi@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Daryoush Habibi) (04/17/91)
I remember reading an article on this newsgroup about GhostScript. Can someone tell me where I can get this program? Does it require any fonts to go with it? Thanks, Daryoush
xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (04/17/91)
/* habibi@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Daryoush Habibi) wrote */: * I remember reading an article on this newsgroup about GhostScript. * Can someone tell me where I can get this program? Ghostscript is available from prep.ai.mit.edu: ./pub/gnu/ghostscript* I have asked Raymond to include this info in his supplement info file. It has all the sources for unix, vms and msdos. It has a binary file for *displaying* postscript for msdos [EGA, VGA]. One has to compile for oneself for printing postscript on HP Laser Jet, HP Desk Jet, epson etc. It requires Turbo C 2.0 or higher *and* Borland assembler 1.0 or higher *or* Microsoft assembler 4.0 or higher to compile different drivers. It has been reported that there are certain difficulties of using C++ to compile. [post from gnu.ghostscript.bug]. I have a file in which I recorded step by step the procedure when I have the HP Laser Jet driver compiled. I can send the file if any one needs. The quality of printout from HP Laser Jet is good enough for proof reading. For better quality, I think one should use postscript cartridge which costs about 300 to 800 dollars depending on vendors and options. I don't have one. The new version Ghostscript 2.2 will come soon. I am not sure if the binaries of different device drivers will be included. * Does it require any fonts to go with it? It seems to be yes. I have all of the fonts from above mentioned ftp address and it works pretty good. I am not sure about the possibility for ghostscript to use TeX fonts, for example, emTeX's font libraries. Any know knows ? -- xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnet
smagt@fwi.uva.nl (Patrick van der Smagt) (04/17/91)
habibi@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Daryoush Habibi) writes: >I remember reading an article on this newsgroup about GhostScript. >Can someone tell me where I can get this program? Does it require >any fonts to go with it? look at prep.ai.mit.edu, directory pub/gnu. The fonts that come with the package are not the best, but what can we poor people do? Patrick van der Smagt
b2676870@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Wilson W Ma) (04/17/91)
I recently built Ghostscript but I am curious about getting it to work with TeX fonts. I would assume that somehow one has to do some conversion between the TeX font files to the GS font format but I do not know how (or maybe GS has the facility to understand TeX fonts as is). Right now, whenever I do a preview, I just get boxes instead of characters (quite like the boxes Knuth used in his book to describe boxes). It would be much nicer if I could get characters :) Wilson
xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) (04/18/91)
/* b2676870@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Wilson W Ma) wrote */: * I recently built Ghostscript but I am curious about getting it to work with * TeX fonts. I would assume that somehow one has to do some conversion between * the TeX font files to the GS font format but I do not know how (or maybe GS * has the facility to understand TeX fonts as is). Right now, whenever I do a * preview, I just get boxes instead of characters (quite like the boxes Knuth * used in his book to describe boxes). It would be much nicer if I could get * characters :) I don't know how it is possible in general. I looked at ghostscript fonts I ftped from prep.ai.mit.edu ./pub/gnu/ghostscript and they are ascii files. While TeX fonts are binaries. So is that possible theoretically? -- xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnet