Re: Creating pk fonts, etc.

It is similar, because it IS the new font selection scheme - hint, the initials are nfss

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff E. Lewis [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:09 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Creating pk fonts, etc.

At 01:29 AM 5/26/2011, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 09:43:19 -0500
>From: "Jeff E. Lewis" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [MiKTeX] Creating pk fonts, etc.
>
>I would like to use helvetica, etc.
>
>I have some old (and current files with statements like
>
>\font\helveticaeight=phvr8r at 8truept
>
>The 600 dpi and other .pk files seem to be found in an old (1.+) MiKTeX
>\localtexmf which I use as a root.
>
>I am clueless how to get 12pt, bold, etc.
>
>and different point sizes.
>
>Is there a good reference?

I found the solution using the package plnfss - it's probably very similar 
to the LaTeX font selection scheme.

I created a file jluag.tex %ag is for AvantGarde

\input plnfss
\input ot1cm.pfd % plain font description file for CM fonts
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\selectfont         % activate the font with requested attributes
\usefont{OT1}{pag}{m}{n} % switch to AvantGarde; the fd file ot1utl.fd will

For other fonts, search for files like "ot*.fd"

The syntax seems to be

LaTeX2e font selection
"\usefont {encoding} {family} {series} {shape} "
http://tex.loria.fr/general/new/fntguide.html

The {series} {shape} parameters required some experimentation for me, but 
probably obvious LaTeX font gurus.

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