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Re: Converting TeX fonts to PostScript

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From: Dirk Grunwald
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 1990 16:09
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>>>>> On 1 Jun 90 06:46:30 GMT, mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) said:

KM> I know nothing about TeX/LaTeX/AMS-TeX/etc., but would very much like
KM> to have access to a PostScript version of the ComputerModern font
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Some kind soul from england left a copy of the CM fonts converted to
postscript on my machine foobar.colorado.edu in anonymous ftp file

  -r--r--r--  1 daemon    1525504 May  5 10:55 cmrps.tar.Z

I've not tried them out yet because I've been too busy. These were
generated via rendering at high resolution & then fitting curves to
the font. I don't know anything more about it, so please don't ask
me questions.
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From: grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald)
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