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Defining PostScript fonts in Plain TeX

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To define a PostScript font in Plain TeX, use this declaration at the front of your TeX source file:

    \font\iname=ename at sizept
where: iname is the font name you are defining, ename is the external name of the font you are defining, and size is the size of the font you want, given in printer's points (about 1/72 inch).

For example, if you want the TeX control sequence \rmxii to select a 12-point Palatino Unslanted Italic, you would define it with:

    \font\rmxii=pplru at 12pt

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John Shipman, john@nmt.edu

Last updated: 1997/07/18 22:05:15 UT
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