Re: dvilj Font Basics?

On 23 Nov 2004, Walker Pendleton wrote:
> On 23 Nov 2004, Thomas Esser wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 02:15:51PM -0800, Walker Pendleton wrote:
>>> /var/cache/fonts/tfm/local/io/io.tfm, and I put io.2600pk in
>> ...
>>> But dvilj4 doesn't seem to find the io.2600pk file, and I don't
>>> know
>>
>> dvilj4 works with 600dpi. So, I guess that you should generate your
>> io font for mode ljfour, not proofmode.
>>
>> Thomas
>
> My mistake: typo in the email.  The pk file is actually named
> "io.2400pk".  In the exercise, calls for mode "localfont", and
> "mag=4".  "\mode=ljfour" also produces these "io.2400pk" files,
> because 600 * 4 = 2400.

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For the archives:

The dvilj4 driver can find the io.2400pk file after I add:

  font_identifier:="IO";

to my io.mf file, & rerun METAFONT & gftopk.