X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["670" "Tue" "9" "November" "93" "15:24:24" "GMT" "spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK" "spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK" nil "18" "Re: NF prefix, LaTeX/NFSS compatibility, etc" "^Date:" nil nil "11"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/24.6.93) id AA09404; Tue, 9 Nov 93 16:22:26 +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/03.06.93) id AA10853; Tue, 9 Nov 93 16:22:25 +0100 Message-Id: <9311091522.AA10853@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3391; Tue, 09 Nov 93 16:21:08 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 1140; Tue, 09 Nov 93 16:21:01 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 1138; Tue, 09 Nov 93 16:20:59 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <9311091519.AA18188@ftp.tex.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 15:24:24 GMT From: spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple Recipients of Subject: Re: NF prefix, LaTeX/NFSS compatibility, etc Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1124 > %> > > No he isn't entitled to do this! We print on a Laserjet II. How do > we get Times Roman out of that? The bitmaps do exist on CTAN but > they are useless--- some of the characters are broken, others look > like Escher staircases. And where are the MF files? > oh grr. how often do we have to read this? you can make your own Times .pk bitmaps with public domain software (ps2pk or FSF textutils) from Type1 sources. forget the Metafont hangup! Knuth may *seem* like God, but there are other deities. yes, of course you have to buy Times. why not? considering its in every copy of ATM, which is practically free, it'll hardly break the bank. Sebastian