lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) (08/23/90)
These are the differences between the two most recent postings of
the list of Metafont fonts.
[please let me know if this is useful -- Lee]
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How to use Metafont fonts with TeX
How to use Metafont fonts with Troff
Where to get bitmap versions of the fonts
+ Converting between font formats
Fonts:
Fonts: AMS (see under Euler)
Fonts: APL (A Programming Language)
Fonts: Babel -- language support
Fonts: Bar Code
+ Fonts: Chess
+ Fonts: Chinese
Fonts: Committee
Fonts: Computer Modern
Fonts: Concrete
Fonts: Cyrillic
+ Fonts: Devanagari
Fonts: Dingbats
Fonts: Euler
Fonts: Godel
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Fonts: Pandora
Fonts: Pointing Hands
Fonts: Punk
+ Fonts: Sanskrit (see Fonts: Devanagari)
Fonts: Sauter
Fonts: Tengwar
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Subject: How to use Metafont fonts with Troff
If, when you run troff, you get the message `typesetter busy', you have the
! original Osanna-troff, also called otroff. Chris Lewis has a package which
! will let you use TeX fonts with troff -- it's called thack, I believe, and
comes with documentation.
If, when you run troff, you get something like this:
x T 300
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Subject: How to use Metafont fonts with Troff
If, when you run troff, you get the message `typesetter busy', you have the
! original Ossanna-troff, also called otroff. Chris Lewis has a package which
! will let you use TeX fonts with troff -- it's called psroff, and
comes with documentation.
+ ftp: gatekeeper.dec.com (16.1.0.2) pub/misc/psroff-2.0.tar.Z
+ ftp: cs.toronto.edu [128.100.1.65] pub/psroff.tar.Z
If, when you run troff, you get something like this:
x T 300
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In each case, you should be able to get help from your vendor.
+ Subject: Converting between font formats
+
+ Conversions to and from pfm and pk format were posted to comp.text.tex
+ and to alt.sources on the 9th of August, 1990 by Angus Duggan
+ (ajcd@cs.ed.ac.uk).
+
+ Psroff includes a program to go from pk to the HP LaserJet.
+
+ John McClain (ophelp@tamvenus.bitnet) has some conversion programs for
+ various graphics formats to/and from pk files (???)
+
+ CAPTURE turns HPGL files into PK format (a PC program, $130 from
+ Micro Programs Inc., 251 Jackson Ave., Syosset, NY 11791
+
+ Metaplot can take pen-plotter files and prouce metafont files
+ wilcox@cis.ohio-state.edu
+
+
Subject: Where to get bitmap versions of the fonts
There are archives containing the bitmaps of many of these fonts at various
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The American Mathematical Society has adopted TeX, and has had some fonts
designed especially by Herman Zapf. These are known as the Euler fonts,
! and are described below. The Metafont sources are not available by
! anonymous ftp, however.
Subject: Fonts: APL (A Programming Language)
! [no archive site listed]
Subject: Fonts: Babel -- language support
The Babel archive at ymir.claremont.edu contains:
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The American Mathematical Society has adopted TeX, and has had some fonts
designed especially by Herman Zapf. These are known as the Euler fonts,
! and are described below. The Metafont sources are now available by ftp.
+ NOTE that you should build these using virmf, or at least with a version
+ of Matafont that does not have cmbase pre-loaded. You may also get
+ errors reported when building some of the smaller sizes -- simply press
+ return.
+ There are
+ * AMS Euler -- a calligraphic font. This is not suitable as it stands for
+ text use in TeX, because it has a non-standard encoding.
+
+ * AMS extra maths symbols
+ * AMS computer modern extensions
+ * AMS Cyrillic
+
+ There is also some dosumentation.
+
+ You can get them from the ams or from ymir:
+ ftp: math.ams.com [130.44.1.100] /ams/amsfonts/sources
+ ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23)
+
+
Subject: Fonts: APL (A Programming Language)
! ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd SOFTWARE:[anonymous.tex.misc]
! ftp: (the file is cmapl10.mf). Associated macros and documentation are in
! ftp: SOFTWARE:[anonymous:tex:periodicals.tugboat]
+ ftp: power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu (134.129.123.1) apl-tex-font/27-Jul-90
+
+
Subject: Fonts: Babel -- language support
The Babel archive at ymir.claremont.edu contains:
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* Hebrew fonts:
REDIS (a thin-looking sans serif)
+ burkis (coming in January??)
* Icelandic
Icelandic Modern (this is Computer Modern with extensions)
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* Russian (Cyrillic)
IFVE's cmc family
U Washington's wncyr family
+ Bashkiren/Mongolian (not sure if this is there yet)
* Turkish
Turkish Modern (this is Computer Modern with extensions)
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ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel]
Subject: Fonts: Bar Code
! Dmitri Vulis's barcode font
ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
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ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel]
+ Subject: Fonts: Chess
+
+ Some chess typesetting macrtos were posted to comp.tex.tex on July 31st
+ 1990. The chess fonts are available for ftp from ymir.
+
+ ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.misc]
+
+
+ Subject: Fonts: Chinese
+
+ ChTeX is a set of macros and fonts for typesetting Chinese under TeX.
+ It only supports PostScript, and requires a modivied dvi2ps. You write
+ your article with PinYin.
+
+ ftp: 192.12.216.114 (name: chiris.stevens-tech.edu)
+ ftp: note that the usercode is "ftp", not "anonymous".
+ Included are source, fonts, VMS binary for 5.2, DOS binary, etc.
+
+
Subject: Fonts: Bar Code
! Dimitri Vulis's barcode font
ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
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Subject: Fonts: Committee
This was produced during a workshop tutorial given by Donald Knuth.
+ This is said (by Don Hosek, whom I trust in such things) to be hard-wired
+ for the APS typesetter... It is described in Tugboat Vol. 5 No. 2 (Nov. 84).
+
[no archive site listed]
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Computer Modern is Donald Knuth's font family used for his later
`Art of Computer Programming' books. It contains
cmr -- computer modern roman
! cmti [sic] -- computer modern italic
cmb -- computer modern bold
cmss -- computer modern sans serif
cmtt -- computer modern typewriter
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Computer Modern is Donald Knuth's font family used for his later
`Art of Computer Programming' books. It contains
cmr -- computer modern roman
! cmmi -- computer modern maths italic
! cmti -- computer modern text italic
cmb -- computer modern bold
cmss -- computer modern sans serif
cmtt -- computer modern typewriter
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ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
Many TeX ftp archive sites give access to the bitmaps (pk files).
+ Versions of these fonts suitable for use with an X Windows previewer (xtex
+ and SeeTeX) are available from
+ ftp: foobar.colorado.edu pub/SeeTeX
+
Subject: Fonts: Concrete
This font was designed for Donald Knuth's Concrete Mathematics book.
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WN-Cyrillic
ftp: june.cs.washington.edu (128.95.1.4)
+ There is a mailing list, rustex-l, for discussion of typesetting
+ Cyrilic-based languages. To subscribe, send mail to listserv@ubvm.bitnet
+ containing the text
+ SUBSCRIBE RUSTEX-L <your name here>
+ See also Fonts: Babel.
+
+
+
+ Subject: Fonts: Devanagari
+
+ (this is a font for use with Sanskrit)
+ Created by Frans Velthuis in 1987/88 and is available from him
+ (Velthuis@hgrrug5.earn) for a small charge. PK only -- no metafont.
+ [so I was told by Dominik Wujastyk <ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk> --- I have not been
+ able to send mail to this address -- let me know if you succeed!
+ -- Lee]
+
+
Subject: Fonts: Dingbats
By Doug Henderson.
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Subject: Fonts: Euler
! These were designed by Herman Zapf for the American Mathematical Society,
! from whom the metafont files are available (with restrictions).
! There is a German Fraktur font and a calligraphic font.
Subject: Fonts: Greek
! (unknown greek font)
ftp: xydeco.siemens.com (129.73.1.101) -- greek*
Also the Sylvio Levy `gr' greek family, for both Modern and Classical Greek.
This includes roman, typewriter and bold, plus TeX macros.
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Subject: Fonts: Euler
! These were designed by Herman Zapf for the American Mathematical Society.
! See AMS.
! The fonts are Fraktur, Script, Upright Italic, Math extension.
! (see TUGboat Vol. 10 No. 1)
+
Subject: Fonts: Greek
! Sylvio Levy's Greek font
ftp: xydeco.siemens.com (129.73.1.101) -- greek*
+ ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.babel.greek.levy]
Also the Sylvio Levy `gr' greek family, for both Modern and Classical Greek.
This includes roman, typewriter and bold, plus TeX macros.
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Subject: Fonts: Helvetica
Produced by the Metafoundry and sold commercially.
! This is all I know, sorry. I do not have an address for the Metafoundry,
! and do not know if they have other fonts. I will try to find out, but
! would appreciate any information on these and other commercial suppliers.
Subject: Fonts: Hershey
The Hershey fonts were designed for use by plotters, and published in 1972.
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Subject: Fonts: Helvetica
Produced by the Metafoundry and sold commercially.
! Unfortunately they do not distribute the Metafont sources, so they are
! not really very useful in this file ... :-( :-(
+ The Metafounndry,
+ OCLC Inc., MC 485
+ 6565 Frantz Road
+ Dublin, OH 43017
+ USA
+ +1 614 764-6087
+
+
Subject: Fonts: Hershey
The Hershey fonts were designed for use by plotters, and published in 1972.
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These fonts are of relatively low typographic quality, but are useful on
devices with lower resolution.
! [no archive site listed]
Subject: Fonts: International Phonetic Alphabet
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These fonts are of relatively low typographic quality, but are useful on
devices with lower resolution.
! ftp: cs.uoregon.edu [128.223.4.13]
! I am not sure if these are the original or the metafont versions, thouygh.
Subject: Fonts: International Phonetic Alphabet
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MuTeX is a basic music package for TeX. It seems to be the same as mtex,
but with documentation in English rather than (or as well as) German.
- ftp: stolaf.edu (130.71.128.1) /TeX/MuTeX
Subject: Fonts: OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
OCR A (this is not the font for printingon cheques)
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MuTeX is a basic music package for TeX. It seems to be the same as mtex,
but with documentation in English rather than (or as well as) German.
+ ftp: stolaf.edu [130.71.128.1] /pub/MuTeX.tar.Z
+ ftp: suned.zoo.cs.yale.edu [128.36.21]
+ ftp: cs.ubc.edu [128.189.97.5] src/MuTeX/MuTeX.tar.Z (slow)
+
+ In Europe,
+ ftp: praxis.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.6] in subdirectory TEX:
+
+
Subject: Fonts: OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
OCR A (this is not the font for printingon cheques)
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ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
+ Subject: Fonts: Sanskrit
+ (see Fonts: Devanagari)
+
+
Subject: Fonts: Sauter
This is a rework of Computer Modern. The outlines are the same, as far as
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Subject: Fonts: Tengwar
! There are at least two Tengwar fonts, although I have only been able to get
! hold of one of them.
! ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf]
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Subject: Fonts: Tengwar
! There are at least two Tengwar fonts,
! Mike Urban's:
! ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23): cd [anonymous.tex.mf.tengwar]
+ Julian Bradfield <jcb@lfcs.edinburgh.ac.uk> also has both Tengwar and a
+ prototype version of Cirth runes. Email only, although I have a copy and
+ can mail them to you if you can't reach Julian. I prefer Julian's
+ Tengwar, I think, but I am not an expert on Tolkien fonts...
+
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+ # Revision 1.3 90/08/22 23:12:03 lee
+ # Lots more information added...
+ #
+ # Revision 1.2 90/08/22 21:21:30 lee
+ # Added a source for tengwar.
+ #
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--
Liam R. E. Quin, lee@sq.com, {utai,utzoo}!sq!lee, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto
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