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Article #6952Re: Text formatting without soft fonts
From: Marc Veeneman
Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 13:20
Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 13:20
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dennis_c@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz (Chris Dennis) writes: >I am looking for a text formatting system to run under MS-DOS that doesn't use >its own fonts. In other words, I want to produce output for a variety of >printers, from simple dot matrix to sophisticated laser, that takes advantage >of the fonts available on the printer without resorting to graphics mode >printing. >Any suggestions - posted or by email - will be much appreciated. Wroff does a nice job with LaserJets and the Pacific Data Pro- ducts 25-in-1 cartridge. You get "C" source, and it's small enough to be understandable. Why not use it as your starting point? It's available on Uunet or from bkw@uecok (the author). -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marc Veeneman Marcal Systems Corporation Cary, Illinois U.S.A. If at first you don't succeed, you probably won't the second try.
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