dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (dhosek) (02/24/90)
> > of various dvi-drivers from Texas, but I'm having trouble making > > all the fonts needed. I would assume that the dvi programs can > > make the fonts as they need them, but I don't know how to implement > > this. Specfically, I am trying to use dvijep and dvijet, and they > > are looking for pk files that don't exist. Rather than creating > > them magically, it just barfs errors. There are a number of drivers which _can_ generate fonts on the fly, but this is not a standard feature and never will be (as chair of the DVI standards committee, I remeber the discussion on this matter). Part of the reason, as Sebastian pointed out is the drain on system resources (MF can be painfully slow on a PC, not much less so on a MicroVax, although it seems pretty happy on an IBM 3081). Other reasons include the fact that downloaded-on-the-fly fonts are not an option with some printers (e.g., large Xeroxen), among others. The discussion on this took place last summer and is archived at sun.soe.clarkson.edu. -dh -- Important note: The Anti-Social Committee will not be meeting this week. UUCP: uunet!jarthur!dhosek Internet: dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.tex.tex Subject: Re: Making Fonts Summary: Expires: References: <6185@hydra.gatech.EDU> <SPQR.90Feb22125232@manutius.ecs.soton.ac.uk> Sender: Followup-To: comp.text.tex Distribution: Organization: Pitzer College, Claremont, CA 91711 Keywords: > > of various dvi-drivers from Texas, but I'm having trouble making > > all the fonts needed. I would assume that the dvi programs can > > make the fonts as they need them, but I don't know how to implement > > this. Specfically, I am trying to use dvijep and dvijet, and they > > are looking for pk files that don't exist. Rather than creating > > them magically, it just barfs errors. There are a number of drivers which _can_ generate fonts on the fly, but this is not a standard feature and never will be (as chair of the DVI standards committee, I remeber the discussion on this matter). Part of the reason, as Sebastian pointed out is the drain on system resources (MF can be painfully slow on a PC, not much less so on a MicroVax, although it seems pretty happy on an IBM 3081). Other reasons include the fact that downloaded-on-the-fly fonts are not an option with some printers (e.g., large Xeroxen), among others. The discussion on this took place last summer and is archived at sun.soe.clarkson.edu. -dh -- Important note: The Anti-Social Committee will not be meeting this week. UUCP: uunet!jarthur!dhosek Internet: dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu