Localfont Mode

When using a stable font, or when testing the output of a new font, we don't want proof mode, we want our local output device's mode. Usually, is installed with a `localfont' assigned in the local/modes file. On our department's Sun Network, we have assigned 

    localfont:=CanonCX
We use Karl BERRY's `modes.mf'4, which contains modes for many, many devices. We chose the CanonCX mode because `modes.mf' recommends it for Apple Laserwriters and HP Laserjet II printers, which we use.

To process a source file named `myfont10.mf' for the most usual local device, specify the local mode to mf before inputting the font name: 

    \mode=localfont; input myfont10
This should produce a GF font file, `myfont10.300gf' (`myfont10.300' in MS-DOS), and a TFM file, `myfont10.tfm'.