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From: Henry McGilton
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 1990 21:50
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 1990 21:50
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In article <1990Oct29.200132.26513@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Scott) writes:
* Our n|troff manual says that the permissible letters
* for a .ft <font> command are R, I, B, or S; yet I have
* received a file that uses .ft C quite happily; I
* believe it means Courier. How can I find out what
* letters are allowed on my system for this command?
Whose n|troff manual are you reading?
You can use any one-letter or two-letter combinations you
like for the names of fonts.
Generally, you have the problem of mapping real world font names
to one or two letter combinations. Some typical combinations
I've seen are:
H Helvetica
HI Helvetica Italic
HB Helvetica Bold
PA Palatino
PI Palatino Italic
PB Palatino Bold
PX Palatino Bold Italic
ZC Zapf Chancery
and so on.
........ Henry
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