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Article #1884Re: \font command
From: Donald Arseneau
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 11:02
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 11:02
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In article <7959771@MVB.SAIC.COM>, "Daniel H. Luecking" <DL24794@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU> writes... >The following appeared in a posting to the net: > > \font\opt12=optima at 12pt > > isn't this incorrect >syntax? (According to the poster, no syntax error was reported.) The TeXbook >defines font assignment as > > \font<control sequence><equals><font identifier> > Yes, but <equals> --> <optional spaces> | <optional spaces> = so there is no syntax error. Instead \opt is given the font 12=optima scaled to be 12pt. Of course, 12=optima.tfm cannot be found, so there is an error message. The original poster typed the error message incorrectly. Donald
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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!gumby!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!reg.triumf.ca!asnd From: asnd@reg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau) Subject: Re: \font command Message-ID: <31AUG199204023799@reg.triumf.ca> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: reg.triumf.ca Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility References: <7959771@MVB.SAIC.COM> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 11:02:00 GMT Lines: 19