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>In article <1990May20.200152.586@aai.com> leo@aai.com writes:
> brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu writes:
> In the case of TeX, it was mentioned lately in comp.text.tex that an
> additional precaution is taken to prevent people from printing out a copy of
> the TeXBook - the font containing the "dangerous bend" symbol used throughout
> the book is not provided.

Actually, that font *is* distributed, or at least the Metafont sources
'manfnt.mf' are widely available.  And in any case the Metafont book
contains descriptions of all the characters in that font, as examples.

They don't usually distribute PK pixel images of the font, but that has
more to do with the fact that it isn't actually of much use to anybody
but DEK, than as a (feeble) attempt to keep someone from printing their
own copy of the TeXbook.
--
Mike Haertel <mike@acc.stolaf.edu>
``There's nothing remarkable about it.  All one has to do is hit the right
  keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.'' -- J. S. Bach