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nonstandard fonts in Eroff

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From: Col. Sicherman
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1991 22:12
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I've been trying to use some private fonts (mostly converted Berkeley
and QMS fonts) with Eroff on an HP-UX system.  Setting $EROFF_FONTDIR
works fine.  But elj (which converts troff DVI to LJ+) doesn't recognize
any faces except the officially mounted ones -- R, I, HB, G, O, etc.

This is easy to work around.  We don't really have Optima or Garamond
families, so I can rename my faces "O", "GB", ...  But elj insists on
designating fonts by characteristics, even though LJ+ accepts commands
to load fonts specified by font number.

So when elj wants to use my Roman Condensed (disguised as Garamond),
it specifies slant, weight, and so on, and the printer selects Times
Roman.

Is there any way around this behavior?  A postprocessor for elj won't
help, because it won't know when to use Times Roman and when to use
Roman Condensed or some other face.  Setting the family to something
different doesn't seem to matter.  I have a different elj that I hacked
up at the U. of Buffalo years ago, but I'm reluctant to use it because
it doesn't support fonts that are printed rasterized (notably "S").

-:-
	"In a world of CHAOS ... against overwhelming ODDS ... THE
	 WOLVEROACH STANDS ... ALONE!"
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
gls@corona.att.COM
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From: gls@corona.ATT.COM (Col. Sicherman)
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Subject: nonstandard fonts in Eroff
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Date: 20 Apr 91 22:12:57 GMT
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