X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["1007" "Mon" "8" "March" "93" "15:37:16" "CET" "Bo Thide'" "bt@IRFU.SE" nil "24" "Re: Fonts and LaTeX 3" "^Date:" nil nil "3"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/1.9.92 ) id AA13310; Mon, 8 Mar 93 15:38:43 +0100 Received: from vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de) by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/19.6.92) id AA04004; Mon, 8 Mar 93 15:38:13 +0100 Message-Id: <9303081438.AA04004@sc.zib-berlin.dbp.de> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3665; Mon, 08 Mar 93 15:38:09 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 5843; Mon, 08 Mar 93 15:37:50 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 5841; Mon, 08 Mar 93 15:37:46 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <9303081427.AA12931@irfu.irfu.se> from "Mike Piff" at Mar 8, 93 02:26:35 pm Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 15:37:16 CET From: Bo Thide' Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple Recipients of Subject: Re: Fonts and LaTeX 3 Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1007 You (Mike Piff) write: > > > From: spqr@minster.york.ac.uk > > Subject: Re: Fonts and LaTeX 3 > > To: Multiple Recipients of > > [deleted] > > > b) Most TeX users can't use PS fonts (because they use HP > > > LaserJets or dot matrix printers). > > people always say "Most" in these circumstances. on what grounds? > > "Many" is of course true, but the grounds for "Most"? "Most" means about 75% of the installed base of laser printers in the world. Of the 9 million or so laser printers sold, over 6 million are HP LaserJets which all speak PCL. So do also a fair number of other printers. Bo -- ^ Bo Thide'----------------------------------------------Science Director |I| Swedish Institute of Space Physics, S-755 91 Uppsala, Sweden |R| Phone: (+46) 18-303671. Fax: (+46) 18-403100. IP: 130.238.30.23 /|F|\ INTERNET: bt@irfu.se UUCP: ...!mcvax!sunic!irfu!bt ~~U~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------sm5dfw-