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Date:         Fri, 19 Nov 1999 07:03:12 -0500
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Subject:      Re: mltex (was: encodings pair, babel 3.7 beta release)
Status: R

At 11:57 AM 11/19/1999 +0100, you wrote:

>I wrote:
> >   no, any TeX using mltex option is independent of encodings. You can
> >   use CM, EC, Times, ... what you want with any related encoding.
> >   It would be so easy if all formats around the world were done
> >   with the mltex option. It's free, standard (as an option can be) and
> >   without any danger. But life is different ;=)

>DR> I meant "the brand of TeX you are using is *usually* not
>DR> independent of the (font) encoding you use."
>
>it should. Only few TeX engines don't accept all font encodings,
>which ones?

Windows TeX implementations (other than Y&Y TeX) are limited
to permutations of Windows ANSI encoding for on screen and
non-PS printing.  Macintosh TeX implementations are limited
to permutations of Macintosh standard encoding for on screen and
non-PS printing.  (This is for text fonts, non-text fonts like CM have
their own hard-wired encoding and are not reencoded).


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Berthold K.P. Horn    bkph@YandY.com