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- From: Peter Schmitt <A8131DAL%AWIUNI11.BITNET@SHSU.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
- Subject: Re: where is manfnt?
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- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 17:29:43 MEZ
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- On Fri, 8 Jan 93 10:25:12 -0500 you said:
- >
- > This seems like an easy question, but . . . where do I get manfnt from?
- >I can't find the mf source in either my TURBOmetafont or the UofW Unix-TeX
- >distribution. How can I print trapman without manfnt? I tried the manfnt
- >that comes with dvipsone (looks like type-3 bitmap): I downloaded it to
- >the PS printer, then started printing trapman. I get a title of
- >
- > A Torture Test for ()*+,-.*
- >
- >After looking at trapman.ps, it looks like this font will work OK for
- >all but the first page (where it also reads "opqrstuq is a trademark of
- >Addison-Wesley . . ."), but it would be nice to have the correct font.
- >
- If I remember it correctly then manfnt should come with the MetoFont source
- of the cm Fonts, but be careful: I think it sometimes is called MANUAL instead
- of MANFNT. If I am right then it contains some samples for the MetaFont book,
- and the letters to produce the MetaFont logo (obviously the characters you
- need for your printout)
-
- Peter
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- Peter Schmitt a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at
- schmitt@awirap.bitnet
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