Re: looking for dvi-to-postscript converter

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From: Lars P. Fischer
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 1991 20:57

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>>>>> On 6 Jan 91 14:56:03 GMT, ozalp@dm.unibo.it said:

ozalp> is there a public domain dvi-to-ps converter that can handle
ozalp> gf/pk fonts AND \special requests for inclusion of postscript
ozalp> source in latex documents (eg.  via psfig)?

dvips by Tomas Rokicki (rokicki@neon.stanford.edu) is the one to use.
The fact that Knuth himself hacked it to support virtual fonts is
evidence enough for me. It's available in many places.
labrea.stanford.edu is one.

Works nicely with all kinds specials, PostScript fonts, etc, etc.

/Lars
--
Lars Fischer,  fischer@iesd.auc.dk   | Q: How does a project get to be one 
CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late?     A: One day at a time.

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