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Re: Text formatting without soft fonts

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From: Marc Veeneman
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
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   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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From: marc@marcal.uucp (Marc Veeneman)
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Date: Tue, 12 May 1992 13:20:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Text formatting without soft fonts
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