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Re: Does anybody know where to get VTeX?

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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 02:47
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In article <1992Oct29.180202.8953@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> burago@mth.msu.edu (Andrey Burago) writes:
>Hello networkers!
>
>I've heard that there is a version of TeX, named Vector TeX, that stores
>its fonts in a vector form and that this allows it to do miracles with them
>(like rotating, magnification by any factor, automatic slanting etc.)
>In addition it's said to save a lot of space on your disc. Unfortunately,
>I have no idea of where to get this program. I'd appreciate it very much if
>somebody could give me this information. THANKS!
>-- Andrew (burago@mth.msu.edu)


Funny coincidence: I just this very evening opened a missive from "Micropress
Inc."  (68-30 Harrow Street, Forest Hills, NY, 11375, USA) pushing this very
pgm.  Looks like it does a lot of fancy font stuff, but it seems to be PC-only.
Their voice phone nr is 718-575-1816, fax is 718-575-8038.
-- 
Chris Moller (moller@netmail.austin.ibm.com)

IBM pays absolutely no attention to my opinions, ergo the 
foregoing cannot possibly represent its position.
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