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This is a set of hints for using the ST version of TeX together
with DVIST, a screen preview program.
The .FMT files dictate which fonts TeX will use. Most sizes of
fonts can be generated in two ways: either by using exactly the
correct font, or using a magnification of some other smaller or
larger font.
As it turns out, DVIST is distributed with only a limited set of
fonts. TeX is not distributed with .FMT files, so you must build
them using INITEX and input files PLAIN.TEX, LPLAIN.TEX, LATEX.TEX,
and LFONTS.TEX taken from your favorite minicomputer. I have access
to two different machines running TeX. One of them had its LaTeX
fonts built with 12 point fonts as 12 point fonts, and the other
had 12 point fonts made with magnified 10 point fonts. The
distribution of DVIST contains 10 point fonts in the magnification
needed to mimic the 12 point fonts, but does not have 12 point
fonts.
I randomly built LPLAIN.FMT using the real 12 point fonts, and found
that DVIST could not process any .DVI output generated by TeX due
to missing fonts. I ended up rebuilding it using the magnified 10
point version of LFONTS.TEX, and everything works fine now.
What we really need are an archive of .FMT files which work with
DVIST.