Re: [nt]roff proportional spacing and hyphenation

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From: pls
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1987 12:51

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In article <167@wpg.UUCP> russ@wpg.UUCP (Russell Lawrence) writes:
>Any email suggestions, comments, or pointers about implementing PS 
>(proportional space) printing with [nt]roff, or similar packages would be
>Russell Lawrence                          (Too poor to buy a laser) 
>WP Group POB 306, Metairie, LA 70004   
>AT&T: +1 504 456 0001 >UUCP: !uunet!wpg!russ >COMPUSERVE: 72337,3261

Try using troff; nroff is designed for fixed spacing, troff for
proportional.  Unfortunately the typesetter characterization
files for troff don't look much like the nroff ones, so you
probably need to start from scratch on those.

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Subject: Re: [nt]roff proportional spacing and hyphenation
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Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 08:51:42 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  1 08:51:42 1987
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