Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.96A1C7F4@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:15 +0100 In-Reply-To: David_Rhead@uk.ac.nott.vme's message of Thu, 9 Jan 92 17:17:19 GMT<9201091722.aa21233@dcs.ed.ac.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.96A1C7F4" Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Fonts Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1992 18:47:27 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 542 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.96A1C7F4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >From: David_Rhead@uk.ac.nott.vme > >I have the impression that, although one can have fonts at 500/707 for >4-up/2-up, or at 1200 for "increasing the A5 resolution by printing on = A4 >and photoreducing", these are clumsy ways to get "4-up or 2-up for = draft" >or "the whole document magnified ready for photoreducing to increase >resolution". They involve double-bendy things from the TeXbook, even They don't necessarily involve double-bendy things for users; our system = does 2up/4up in the spooling system, which the dvi->PS driver is integrated = into. >Isn't the cleanest way to do "2-up or 4-up for draft" or "whole = document >magnified ready for photoreducing" to get one's page-description = language >(typically PostScript) to do the job, i.e., have .sty files that do = things >"at design size", pass the .dvi file through dvi-to-postscript = software, >and then do the 2-up-ing, 4-up-ing or "magnifying ready for = photoreducing" >by PostScript-to-PostScript software? See section G.2.5 of PostScript Not if you want the output to be readable. This especially applies to = the true-sized fonts, because the hairlines on these vanish under downsizing = in PostScript. You end up with a document that looks like a series of = vertical marks, and is not usable, even for basic proofreading. >David Rhead a. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.96A1C7F4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fonts

>From:     = David_Rhead@uk.ac.nott.vme
>
>I have the impression that, although one can have = fonts at 500/707 for
>4-up/2-up, or at 1200 for "increasing the A5 = resolution by printing on A4
>and photoreducing", these are clumsy ways to = get "4-up or 2-up for draft"
>or "the whole document magnified ready for = photoreducing to increase
>resolution".  They involve double-bendy = things from the TeXbook, even

They don't necessarily involve double-bendy things for = users; our system does
2up/4up in the spooling system, which the dvi->PS = driver is integrated into.

>Isn't the cleanest way to do "2-up or 4-up = for draft" or "whole document
>magnified ready for photoreducing" to get = one's page-description language
>(typically PostScript) to do the job, i.e., have = .sty files that do things
>"at design size", pass the .dvi file = through dvi-to-postscript software,
>and then do the 2-up-ing, 4-up-ing or = "magnifying ready for photoreducing"
>by PostScript-to-PostScript software?  See = section G.2.5 of PostScript

Not if you want the output to be readable. This = especially applies to the
true-sized fonts, because the hairlines on these = vanish under downsizing in
PostScript. You end up with a document that looks = like a series of vertical
marks, and is not usable, even for basic = proofreading.

>David Rhead

a.

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