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Article #2962Re: Q: nroff character sizes
From: Lawrence Plona
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 18:11
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 18:11
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Actually, I've got it working somewhat now. What I did was express each character in nroff units and set Char, Adj and Em accordingly. I think most of the remaining discrepancies come from faulty estimates of the individual character sizes and the in accuracy of the printer in moving fractions of an inch. I realize that all of this is a farce but its become a mini- obsession with me. nroff could have been written to do a lot more with line printers. But its too late now... - Larry Plona -- Sit denique inscriptum in fronte unius "Let it finally be written on cuiusque quid de rebus publicis sentiat the forehead of each man what he - Cicero thinks of open systems"
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