Converting Apple Fonts to TeX

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From: Peter Burgess
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1987 22:40

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We have LaTeX running on a VAX/VMS system with output on an Apple 
LaserWriter+, and preview via DVItoVDU.  The PostScript driver we are using 
(DVIPS from Arbortext) allows us to use LaserWriter resident fonts.  

This is fine, but when we want to preview a document containing LaserWriter 
fonts we have problems as DVItoVDU cannot represent them accurately.  Instead 
it uses the default font (CMR10) which has different width.  This means that 
things don't appear on the screen in exactly the same place as they should.  
Tables with vertical lines are a particular problem.

When we got the LaserWriter we recieved some raster descriptions of the fonts
intended for use by Mac software.  Although these are at a resolution of only
72dpi this would be high enough for screen previewing.

So does anyone have, or know of any software for converting such descriptions
to one of the TeX raster description formats?

Peter Burgess,
Applied Mathematics Division,
New Zealand Govt. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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Subject: Converting Apple Fonts to TeX
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