Re: FONTS: non-PostScript Palatino (Re: tfm --> mf backconversion?)

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From: Jon Radel
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 22:28

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In article <1992Aug7.061506.18624@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> jeremy@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Jeremy Gibbons) writes:
>
>Actually, Bitstream didn't provide the TFM and PXL/PK files. They sell only
>their own proprietary format, BCO ("Bitstream Compressed Outline") (which I
>believe is now obsolete). Personal TeX sell a PC program that will convert
>BCO files into PKs and TFMs.

Though as Jeremy pointed out, there are limitations to tying yourself to
bit-mapped fonts in a fixed set of sizes, if you actually do want
Palatino in .tfm & .pk form, you can get it from The Kinch Computer
Company as part of their AP-TeX Fonts product.  

The Kinch Computer Company
501 S. Meadow St.
Ithaca, NY  14850
phone: (607)273-0222
FAX: (607)273-0484

See their ads in TUGboat for more info.

--Jon Radel
jon@radel.com

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