TROFF Font Metrics

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From: brat
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1985 22:05

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I am very new at TROFF and device support, so I am going to ask some very
naive questions.  I have heard that TROFF (*not* device independent TROFF)
has a specific set of font metrics (character spacings) which it relies
upon, unlike DITROFF which allows some sort of font metric table to be used.
Does anyone know anything more about this?  If anyone has a list of what the
specific metrics are, I would really like to get a copy.  Also, do pic and
eqn rely on specific fonts or just raster dumps (more relevant to the
former)?  If a linedraw character set is available on a printer, can pic
make efficient use of it?

Thank you,
Jim Bratnober
hplabs!hpbsla!brat

Hewlett-Packard Boise Division
11311 Chinden Blvd.
Boise, Idaho  83707

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Subject: TROFF Font Metrics
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