Re: Converting PostScript fonts to TeX metafonts

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From: Sebastian Rahtz
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 11:55

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>>>>> On 13 Feb 90 11:53:36 GMT, shani@TAURUS.BITNET said:

 > I have several postscript fonts on a macintosh, and I would like to
 > be able to use them for TeX on our SUN/4, so I would like to
 > convert them to metafonts.  Does anyone know of a program (or a set
 > of tools maybe...) to do that?
you don't need to convert them to Metafont. You just need a dvi to
PostScript driver that understands the idea of PostScript fonts. these
are ten a penny. try, for instance, dvips available from
labrea.stanford.edu

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Sebastian Rahtz                        S.Rahtz@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET)
Computer Science                       S.Rahtz@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bitnet)
Southampton S09 5NH, UK                S.Rahtz@sot-ecs.uucp    (uucp)

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