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Article #11392white_setup.mf (was Re: Making fonts with Metafont -- the answer)
From: dhosek
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 23:09
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 23:09
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My experience has shown that the white_setup trick for write-white laser
printer engines is horribly inadequate since (1) it relies on the font
using cmbase (_not_ always the case) and (2) it breaks some fonts that
do use cmbase (e.g., Sylvio Levy's Greek).
The better solution is to use a variety of mode_def's for different fonts
for use with your write-white printer. This is a long time-consuming
process, but the results are well worth it.
Incidentally, the multiple mode_def technique is useful for some write-black
printers too.
-dh
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