david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman) (02/05/85)
The 12-pitch (12 characters per inch) font cartridge for the laser printer
has arrived (finally!). The next two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) will
be the last two days when 10-pitch printing will be the default.
On Thursday (Feb. 7) 12-pitch will become the default. At that time,
10-pitch will be available by option (`ms -f 10 -p hpr ...' or
`format -10 -hp ...'). Note, however, that in 10-pitch, no italics
or boldface will be available, except by special request. Until
Thursday, 12-pitch printing will be available by special request.
As some people are already aware, the laser printer is capable of producing
true italics. Thus, some instructions that on other printers produced
underlined text will now result in italics by default (instructions:
\fItext\fR, `.I' in ms, `.UL' in format). This behaviour can be overridden
in `ms' with the font option (`ms -f 12U -p hpr . . .'). Note, also,
that in `ms' one can always get true underlining with the `.UL' instruction.
Note that the arrival of 12-pitch for the laser printer spells the end
for our beloved Sanders printer. Suggestions for suitable departure
rites for the Sanders are welcome (we have some ideas ourselves . . .).
Please let us know if these plans present any serious problems.
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David Trueman @ U of Toronto Zoology
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