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Loading a Different Base

Suppose that you have a base named joe.base. Typing

    mf &joe

or (on unix, where we must either quote or escape the ampersand)

    mf \&joe

or responding

    &joe

to the ** prompt, omits loading plain base, and loads the joe base instead. Typically, however, the joe.mf file which originally produced the joe base will have included plain.mf, because working without the plain base macros would be too cumbersome. (Refer to The ${\mfsl META}$ ${\mfsl FONT\/}$ book (1986), Chapter 5: `Running ', page 35, `dangerous bend' number two.)

The `cm' base, for making the COMPUTER MODERN fonts, can be loaded in that way:

    mf &cm

Remember to quote the ampersand under UNIX!