what fonts allowed in troff .ft command?

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From: Peter Scott
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 1990 20:01

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Our n|troff manual says that the permissible letters for a
.ft <font> command are R, I, B, or S; yet I have received a
file that uses .ft C quite happily; I believe it means Courier.
How can I find out what letters are allowed on my system for
this command?


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