bad fonts: old Slackware OK

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From: Bruce Scott TOK
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:00

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Denis B. Roegel posted about the problem of corrupted fonts in the TeX
in the Linux Slcakware distribution.

I just tested this on my system, which is quite old.  However, this does
show that the error was introduced _after_ the end of 1993.  Maybe
people running versions from 1994 and early 1995 can chime in.

The system is Linux 0.99.14, Slackware from November '93.  Here is the
result of the test Donald Knuth recommended:

    anathema:~/tex 42> tex
    This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version d)
    **\setbox 0 = \hbox{ho} \showbox 0
    > \box0=
    \hbox(6.94444+0.0)x10.55559
    .\tenrm h
    .\tenrm o
     
    ! OK.
    <*> \setbox 0 = \hbox{ho} \showbox 0
                                        
    ? x
    No pages of output.

As he said, the value of 10.55559 deontes a correct font.

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