UKTeX Digest Friday, 3 Dec 1993 Volume 93 : Issue 38
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Today's Topics:
{Questions & Answers}:
Metafont to PostScript font
Re: Metafont to PostScript font
Getting AMSTeX files
emTeX, MS-DOS and 386 machines
printing A4 pages onto A3 paper via DVI2DVI
Regarding PostScript virtual fonts
Re: Regarding PostScript virtual fonts
LaTeX Entire Package Request
Re: LaTeX Entire Package Request
{Announcements}:
Colour and Communication
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 11:55:24 +0000
From: David R Evans <dre@uk.ac.nottingham.computer-science>
Subject: Metafont to PostScript font
Do you know of a way to convert a Metafont font to a PostScript Type 1 or 3
outline font? We would like to be able to use this for the EP'94 conference
proceedings if possible, else it will have to be large bitmaps (particularly
for MusicTeX fonts).
Thanks,
David
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 23:07:39 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp
Subject: Re: Metafont to PostScript font
> Do you know of a way to convert a Metafont font to a PostScript Type 1 or 3
> outline font? We would like to be able to use this for the EP'94 conference
> proceedings if possible, else it will have to be large bitmaps (particularly
> for MusicTeX fonts).
there is a program mf2ps in CTAN archives under fonts/utilities. i
have no experience with it.
the TUG94 conference proceedings printed an article about MusicTeX
with no problem, using bitmap fonts. hardly seems worth the trouble of
converting them, unless you are *incredibly* short of disk space. I
just ran dvips and let it invoke MakeTeXPK as needed, which ran
Metafont in Linotronic mode.
now if you look at Taupin's map-making fonts, you *will* have a
problem, as they break Metafont limits at dpi over 300
sebastian
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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1993 18:07:25 +0000
From: Dr S C Power <maa012@uk.ac.lancaster.central1>
Subject: Getting AMSTeX files
Please advise me how I can get ams.tex files from UKTEX.
Thankyou,
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Power.
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Date: 29 Nov 1993 09:35:38
From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@uk.ac.sheffield>
Subject: emTeX, MS-DOS and 386 machines
Does anybody have an MS-DOS program that will detect whether or not the
machine running it is a 386 or better? I wish to setup MF so that an
appropriate version is run depending on what machine is being used at the
time, and I can do this so
set a386=
detec386
if errorlevel 1 set a386=386
[...]
mf%a386% etc
provided I have detec386. I am sure it must be easy to do, I just don't have
the documentation.
Mike Piff
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 13:24:51 +0000
From: John M. Simmie, University College, Galway, Ireland"John M.
Simmie, University College, Galway, Ireland"
<0001877S%ie.ucg.bodkin@uk.ac.earn-relay>
Subject: printing A4 pages onto A3 paper via DVI2DVI
Has anyone produced an A4 booklet on folded A3 sheets of paper
using LATEX --> DVI2DVI --> DVIPS ?
And would they share the secret?
While this route works nicely for an A5 booklet on folded A4 sheets
it fails for A3 because (?) dvips specifies the wrong bounding box
PS I don't have sufficient access to an A3 laserprinter to experiment
to get it right.
Regards, John
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 09:23:57 +0000
From: A.F.Lack@uk.ac.city
Subject: Regarding PostScript virtual fonts
This is quite a lengthy introduction, but I wanted to give a
little background to why I'm doing things the way I am...
I have a number of PS virtual fonts installed. Names like
helv.vf, helvscs.vf etc. Can't remember where they came from
now. Yes, I know they don't conform to the `standard' font
naming scheme---but they do work!
I have been having trouble with getting the caps-and-small-caps
working with dvips. My first attempt produced errors like this:
This is dvips 5.516 Copyright 1986, 1993 Radical Eye Software
' TeX output 1993.11.30:0903' -> !cat
- - MakeTeXPK Helvetica 300 300 magstep\(0.0\)
sh: MakeTeXPK: not found
dvips: Font Helvetica.300pk not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
- - MakeTeXPK Helvetica 240 300 0+240/300
Appending font creation commands to missfont.log
dvips: Font Helvetica.240pk not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
- - MakeTeXPK Helvetica 360 300 magstep\(1.0\)
dvips: Font Helvetica.360pk not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
- - MakeTeXPK Helvetica 288 300 0+288/300
dvips: Font Helvetica.288pk not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
...and all my caps-and-small-caps were blank in my document.
So I tried the vf files from the archive (phvrc.vf) and got
similar errors but this time it was trying to access a font
called `rphvr'
After using the Unix tool `strings' on the two vf files, I reasoned
that helvcsc.vf is using characters from two PS fonts, both
called Helvetica (but presumably at different resolutions) and the
phvrc.vf file similarly uses PostScript fonts call `rphvr'
which I have not heard of.
I decided to return to my original helvcsc.vf and add the line
Helvetica Helvetica
to my psfonts.map file... and bingo! I can now print caps and
small caps OK.
But I still get these errors from dvips...
This is dvips 5.516 Copyright 1986, 1993 Radical Eye Software
' TeX output 1993.11.30:0903' -> !cat
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
dvips: Can't open font metric file Helvetica.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
What I don't understand is why does dvips need access to a tfm?
My naive view of life was that only TeX required the tfm,
and the output drivers used the pk files (or in the case
of dvips, PS instructions to use resident/downloaded fonts).
AFL
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 23:03:05 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp
Subject: Re: Regarding PostScript virtual fonts
you ask why dvips wants a .tfm file. its because for greater accuracy,
it resets the fonts list of character widths with one of its own,
built from the tfm. its irritating, i know, and some people think its
unnecessary, but its what Rokicki decided to do.
dont forget that if you want to see the raw fonts referred by a .vf
file, you can use vftovp, and get a readable file. no need to guess.
your analysis of what is happening is correct. the names phvr and
rphvr etc are from Karl Berry's scheme for consistent unique names for
PS fonts
sebastian
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 11:48:41 +0000
From: Rafat "B." Abdarabbani 041 339 8855 X 4827 <GRYA02@cms.gla.ac.uk>
Subject: LaTeX Entire Package Request
I was hoping to anonymous ftp the latex package for installation in
this university for our academic users. Although I was succesful to get README
(of 12 May 1993) file form your site to plan for this; recently I am unable to
ftp successfully to tex.ac.uk. The site does not respond within the OPEN
timout.
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 22:56:32 +0000
From: spqr@uk.ac.tex.ftp
Subject: Re: LaTeX Entire Package Request
> ftp successfully to tex.ac.uk. The site does not respond within the OPEN
> timout.
tex.ac.uk will die very shortly; please use ftp.tex.ac.uk instead for
all your TeX needs. LaTeX is in pub/archive/macros/latex
sebastian rahtz
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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1993 14:23:23 +0000
From: Roger Gawley <Roger.Gawley@uk.ac.durham>
Subject: Colour and Communication
This meeting should be of interest to at least some TeX types.
BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
SPECIALIST GROUP
COLOUR
AND
COMMUNICATION
A ONE-DAY SEMINAR
Thursday 9th December 1993, 10.30 a.m. for 11.00 a.m.
University of Manchester Computing Centre
Oxford Road, Manchester
The two most recent meetings of the Group were on ISDN in Publishing
and on the interface between computers and design. This meeting looks
again at aspects of both of these topics. On one side there is an
increasing use of colour in both conventional and electronic
publishing, while on the other, the use of networks for publishing is
becoming more of a reality from day to day.
Although colour separation has been used for a century or more as part
of the printing process, the faithful reproduction of colour has been
as much an art as a science. The recent much wider use of colour in
commerce, for example with colour copiers, has meant that the
technology of colour has been looked at again, in order that deeper
understanding of the relationship between colour and its representation
can be gained. Furthermore, representation of colour on screen involves
storage of images, compression and transmission. If transmission over a
network is required, then the bandwidth of that network needs to be
wide enough for colour pictures to be transmitted at a usable speed.
This seminar will be concerned with most of these areas, as well
considering other aspects of the use of colour and networks.
The meeting is kindly being hosted by the Computer Graphics Unit,
Manchester University Computer Centre, and thanks are due to the Unit's
Director, Terry Hewitt.
Speakers
The final programme is not yet available, but speakers (subject to
final confirmation) will include the following:
Chris Lilley , Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester University, who
will give an `Introduction to standardized colour measurement'.
Tim Inman, Frax Limited, who will talk about Smartbook, which has
recently won a BCS Award, and the fractal compression technology used
to handle colour images.
John White, Pindar Graphics plc, who will discuss `Capture,
storage and retrieval of colour graphics'.
Peter Benjamin of the Manchester Host, who will discuss the
spread of networking outside academic and corporate circles.
Speakers on the use and handling of colour images in SuperJANET
demonstrator projects.
The meeting will include live demonstrations and the opportunity to see
some of the facilities available in the Computer Graphics Unit,
including the Xerox Docutext, which is used for printing manuals and
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