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In <tlm.724294268@scl1.al.iastate.edu> tlm@iastate.edu (Tom Marchioro) writes:

>In <Bz7wMF.M2M@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:

>>Ivo Welch writes
>>> [1] Is there an  application that would  allow me to preview fonts  
>>> without having to install them first?

>>Instead of purchasing an application, you could stick them in  
>>~/Library/Fonts and then only you would be able to see them, preview  
>>them and use them.  If they were okay, then you could move them to  
>>/LocalLibrary/Fonts so the whole system could use them.

>Actually, you can do it in Yap.  Load the outline file into Yap, then...

>uh..... I'm not a postscript programmer and have forgotten the commands
>off the top of my head.  I have them written down somewhere and will look
>for them.  Basically you say "setfont", type some text, and then say
>"showfont".  I'll look for hte commands, but if anyone can fill in the lines
>it's much appreciated.  

>hope this is helpful --- Tom

okay, I looked in the Blue Book and the commands (assuming you want the 
font Western --- a particularly boring example to be sure :) at 48 point
are to load the outline file into Yap, and then add at the end

/Western findfont 
48 scalefont
setfont 
72 200 moveto
(this is a helpful posting) show
showpage

hit the "Execute" command and the test will appear at 48 point (adjust 
the scalefont to your preference).

TLM