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From: Loren Miller
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 20:23

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I have two questions, both of which I believe to be fairly simply answered, 
but I can't find the answers in the TeXbook or in anything on the net.

1. How do you define a slanted font based on a normal roman font? I'm using 
dvips, and want to use a slanted version of bookman (9pt) for the slanted 
font. I think this should be a simple modification of the \font command, but 
can't find the commands to use to change the slant, or even to do something 
from the book like make a non-slanted italic font.

2. How do you define a two-column mode in plain TeX (not LaTeX please)? I 
suppose it has something to do with \hsize and \vsize, but don't know any 
more than that. If I'm missing a well-known macro, let me know.

Thanks in advance,
Loren

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