rpandey@mist.cs.orst.edu (Rajeev Pandey) (03/07/90)
I have fonts for typesetting APL in .tfm and .pl format, but my system (an Imagen dinosaur, I have access to a Postscript printer, but my dvi2ps doesn't put in the APL stuff from the .tfm and .pl descriptions, either) will not oblige me with printed output unless I have .____pxl files. Is there any way to go from the .pl and .tfm description to .pxl format??? I am naive (but learning) in the area of fonts, and have been able to produce TeX/LaTeX documents fine until now. I am at a loss as to what to do, so *any* helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much! -- Department of Computer Science | Rajeev Pandey Computer Science Building 100 | Internet: rpandey@cs.orst.edu Oregon State University | UUCP: hp-pcd!orstcs!rpandey Corvallis, OR 97331-3902 U.S.A. | Phone:(503) 737-3273 Fax: (503) 737-3014
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (03/07/90)
| Is there any way to go from the .pl and .tfm description to .pxl format???
No. They don't contain the same information. TFM (TeX Font Metric) and
PL (Property List) files specify the various dimensions (metrics) of
the characters in a font, while pxl, pk and gf files contain the
bitmaps of the characters. TFM files are resolution independent. TeX
needs to read only the TFM files, while drivers need to read the
raster files and perhaps the TFM files.