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<h1 class="settitle" align="center">Dvips: A DVI-to-PostScript translator</h1>
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<h2 class="shortcontents-heading">Short Table of Contents</h2>
<div class="shortcontents">
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="stoc-Why-use-Dvips_003f" href="#toc-Why-use-Dvips_003f">1 Why use Dvips?</a></li>
<li><a name="stoc-Installation-1" href="#toc-Installation-1">2 Installation</a></li>
<li><a name="stoc-Invoking-Dvips-1" href="#toc-Invoking-Dvips-1">3 Invoking Dvips</a></li>
<li><a name="stoc-Paper-size-and-landscape-orientation" href="#toc-Paper-size-and-landscape-orientation">4 Paper size and landscape orientation</a></li>
<li><a name="stoc-Interaction-with-PostScript-1" href="#toc-Interaction-with-PostScript-1">5 Interaction with PostScript</a></li>
<li><a name="stoc-PostScript-fonts-1" href="#toc-PostScript-fonts-1">6 PostScript fonts</a></li>
<li><a name="stoc-Color-1" href="#toc-Color-1">7 Color</a></li>
<li><a name="stoc-Index-1" href="#toc-Index-1">Index</a></li>
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<a name="SEC_Contents"></a>
<h2 class="contents-heading">Table of Contents</h2>
<div class="contents">
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Why-use-Dvips_003f" href="#Why-Dvips">1 Why use Dvips?</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Installation-1" href="#Installation">2 Installation</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-config_002eps-installation-1" href="#config_002eps-installation">2.1 <samp>config.ps</samp> installation</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-PostScript-font-installation-1" href="#PostScript-font-installation">2.2 PostScript font installation</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Ghostscript-installation-1" href="#Ghostscript-installation">2.3 Ghostscript installation</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Diagnosing-problems-1" href="#Diagnosing-problems">2.4 Diagnosing problems</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Debug-options-1" href="#Debug-options">2.4.1 Debug options</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-No-output-at-all" href="#No-output">2.4.2 No output at all</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Output-too-small-or-inverted" href="#Small-or-inverted">2.4.3 Output too small or inverted</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Error-messages-from-printer" href="#Printer-errors">2.4.4 Error messages from printer</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Long-documents-fail-to-print" href="#Long-documents-fail">2.4.5 Long documents fail to print</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Including-graphics-fails-1" href="#Including-graphics-fails">2.4.6 Including graphics fails</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Invoking-Dvips-1" href="#Invoking-Dvips">3 Invoking Dvips</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Basic-usage-of-Dvips" href="#Basic-usage">3.1 Basic usage of Dvips</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Command_002dline-options-1" href="#Command_002dline-options">3.2 Command-line options</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Option-summary-1" href="#Option-summary">3.2.1 Option summary</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Option-details-1" href="#Option-details">3.2.2 Option details</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Environment-variables-1" href="#Environment-variables">3.3 Environment variables</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Dvips-configuration-files" href="#Config-files">3.4 Dvips configuration files</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Configuration-file-searching-1" href="#Configuration-file-searching">3.4.1 Configuration file searching</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Configuration-file-commands-1" href="#Configuration-file-commands">3.4.2 Configuration file commands</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Paper-size-and-landscape-orientation" href="#Paper-size-and-landscape">4 Paper size and landscape orientation</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-papersize-special-1" href="#papersize-special">4.1 ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Configuration-file-paper-size-command" href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">4.2 Configuration file paper size command</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Paper-trays-1" href="#Paper-trays">4.3 Paper trays</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Interaction-with-PostScript-1" href="#Interaction-with-PostScript">5 Interaction with PostScript</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-PostScript-figures-1" href="#PostScript-figures">5.1 PostScript figures</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-The-bounding-box-comment" href="#Bounding-box">5.1.1 The bounding box comment</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-The-_005cincludegraphics-macro-for-LaTeX" href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics">5.1.2 The \includegraphics macro for LaTeX</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Using-the-EPSF-macros" href="#EPSF-macros">5.1.3 Using the EPSF macros</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-EPSF-scaling-1" href="#EPSF-scaling">5.1.3.1 EPSF scaling</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-EPSF-clipping-1" href="#EPSF-clipping">5.1.3.2 EPSF clipping</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-psfile-special-1" href="#psfile-special">5.1.4 ‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Dynamic-creation-of-PostScript-graphics-files" href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics">5.1.5 Dynamic creation of PostScript graphics files</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Fonts-in-figures-1" href="#Fonts-in-figures">5.1.6 Fonts in figures</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-PostScript-header-files" href="#Header-files">5.2 PostScript header files</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Including-headers-from-TeX-1" href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">5.2.1 Including headers from TeX</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Including-headers-from-the-command-line-1" href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line">5.2.2 Including headers from the command line</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Headers-and-memory-usage-1" href="#Headers-and-memory-usage">5.2.3 Headers and memory usage</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Literal-PostScript" href="#Literal-PS">5.3 Literal PostScript</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-_0022-special_003a-Literal-PostScript" href="#g_t_0022-special">5.3.1 <code>"</code> special: Literal PostScript</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-ps-special-1" href="#ps-special">5.3.2 ‘<samp>ps</samp>’ special</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Literal-headers_003a-_0021-_005cspecial" href="#Literal-headers">5.3.3 Literal headers: ‘<samp>!</samp>’ <code>\special</code></a></li>
<li><a name="toc-PostScript-hooks-1" href="#PostScript-hooks">5.3.4 PostScript hooks</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Literal-examples-1" href="#Literal-examples">5.3.5 Literal examples</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-HyperTeXt" href="#Hypertext">5.4 HyperTeXt</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Hypertext-caveats-1" href="#Hypertext-caveats">5.4.1 Hypertext caveats</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Hypertext-specials-1" href="#Hypertext-specials">5.4.2 Hypertext specials</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-PostScript-fonts-1" href="#PostScript-fonts">6 PostScript fonts</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Font-concepts-1" href="#Font-concepts">6.1 Font concepts</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Metric-files-1" href="#Metric-files">6.1.1 Metric files</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Glyph-files-1" href="#Glyph-files">6.1.2 Glyph files</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Virtual-fonts-1" href="#Virtual-fonts">6.1.3 Virtual fonts</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Encodings-1" href="#Encodings">6.1.4 Encodings</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-How-PostScript-typesets-a-character" href="#PostScript-typesetting">6.1.5 How PostScript typesets a character</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Making-a-PostScript-font-available" href="#Making-a-font-available">6.2 Making a PostScript font available</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Invoking-Afm2tfm" href="#Invoking-afm2tfm">6.3 Invoking Afm2tfm</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Changing-font-encodings-1" href="#Changing-font-encodings">6.3.1 Changing font encodings</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-_002dt_003a-Changing-TeX-encodings" href="#Changing-TeX-encodings">6.3.1.1 ‘<samp>-t</samp>’: Changing TeX encodings</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-_002dp_003a-Changing-PostScript-encodings" href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">6.3.1.2 ‘<samp>-p</samp>’: Changing PostScript encodings</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-_002dT_003a-Changing-both-TeX-and-PostScript-encodings" href="#Changing-both-encodings">6.3.1.3 ‘<samp>-T</samp>’: Changing both TeX and PostScript encodings</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm-1" href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">6.3.1.4 Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Encoding-file-format-1" href="#Encoding-file-format">6.3.1.5 Encoding file format</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Special-font-effects-1" href="#Special-font-effects">6.3.2 Special font effects</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Afm2tfm-options-1" href="#Afm2tfm-options">6.3.3 Afm2tfm options</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-psfonts_002emap_003a-PostScript-font-catalog" href="#psfonts_002emap">6.4 <samp>psfonts.map</samp>: PostScript font catalog</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Color-1" href="#Color">7 Color</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Color-macro-files-1" href="#Color-macro-files">7.1 Color macro files</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-User_002ddefinable-colors-1" href="#User_002ddefinable-colors">7.2 User-definable colors</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Color-subtleties-1" href="#Color-subtleties">7.3 Color subtleties</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Printing-in-black_002fwhite-after-colorizing" href="#Ted-Turner">7.4 Printing in black/white after colorizing</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Color-device-configuration-1" href="#Color-device-configuration">7.5 Color device configuration</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Color-support-details-1" href="#Color-support-details">7.6 Color support details</a>
<ul class="no-bullet">
<li><a name="toc-Color-specifications-1" href="#Color-specifications">7.6.1 Color specifications</a></li>
<li><a name="toc-Color-specials-1" href="#Color-specials">7.6.2 Color specials</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a name="toc-Index-1" href="#Index">Index</a></li>
</ul>
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<p>
Next: <a href="#Why-Dvips" accesskey="n" rel="next">Why Dvips</a>, Up: <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml" accesskey="u" rel="up">(dir)</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Dvips"></a>
<h1 class="top">Dvips</h1>
<p>This manual documents Dvips version 5.997
(April 2017), a program to translate a DVI file into
PostScript. You may freely use, modify and/or distribute this file.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Why-Dvips" accesskey="1">Why Dvips</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Why use Dvips?
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Installation" accesskey="2">Installation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How to compile and install Dvips.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Invoking-Dvips" accesskey="3">Invoking Dvips</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Command-line options, configuration files, etc.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape" accesskey="4">Paper size and landscape</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Changing the paper dimensions.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript" accesskey="5">Interaction with PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">TeX meets Dvips meets PostScript.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#PostScript-fonts" accesskey="6">PostScript fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Installing and using PostScript fonts.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Color" accesskey="7">Color</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Using color with Dvips.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Index" accesskey="8">Index</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">General index.
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<a name="Why-Dvips"></a>
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<p>
Next: <a href="#Installation" accesskey="n" rel="next">Installation</a>, Previous: <a href="#Top" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Top</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Why-use-Dvips_003f"></a>
<h2 class="chapter">1 Why use Dvips?</h2>
<p>The Dvips program has a number of features that set it apart from
other PostScript drivers for TeX. This rather long section describes
the advantages of using Dvips, and may be skipped if you are just
interested in learning how to use the program. See <a href="#Installation">Installation</a>, for
details of compilation and installation.
</p>
<p>The Dvips driver generates excellent, standard PostScript, that
can be included in other documents as figures or printed through a
variety of spoolers. The generated PostScript requires very little
printer memory, so very complex documents with a lot of fonts can easily
be printed even on PostScript printers without much memory, such as the
original Apple LaserWriter. The PostScript output is also compact,
requiring less disk space to store and making it feasible as a transfer
format.
</p>
<p>Even those documents that are too complex to print in their entirety on
a particular printer can be printed, since Dvips will
automatically split such documents into pieces, reclaiming the printer
memory between each piece.
</p>
<p>The Dvips program supports graphics in a natural way, allowing
PostScript graphics to be included and automatically scaled and
positioned in a variety of ways.
</p>
<p>Printers with any resolution are supported, even if they have different
resolutions in the horizontal and vertical directions. High resolution
output is supported for typesetters, including an option that compresses
the bitmap fonts so that typesetter virtual memory is not exhausted.
This option also significantly reduces the size of the PostScript file
and decoding in the printer is very fast.
</p>
<p>Missing fonts can be automatically generated if Metafont exists on
the system, or fonts can be converted from GF to PK format
on demand. If a font cannot be generated, a scaled version of the same
font at a different size can be used instead, although Dvips will
complain loudly about the poor aesthetics of the resulting output.
</p>
<p>One of the most important features is the support of virtual fonts,
which add an entirely new level of flexibility to TeX. Virtual fonts
are used to give Dvips its excellent PostScript font support, handling
all the font remapping in a natural, portable, elegant, and extensible
way. Dvips even comes with its own Afm2tfm program that creates
the necessary virtual fonts and TeX font metric files automatically
from the Adobe font metric files.
</p>
<p>Source is provided and freely distributable, so adding a site-specific feature
is possible. Adding such features is made easier by the highly modular
structure of the program.
</p>
<p>There is really no reason to use another driver, and the more people use
Dvips, the less time will be spent fighting with PostScript and the
more time will be available to create beautiful documents.
So if you don’t use Dvips on your system, get it today.
</p>
<a name="index-Rokicki_002c-Tomas"></a>
<p>Tom Rokicki wrote and maintains the original Dvips program.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Installation"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Invoking-Dvips" accesskey="n" rel="next">Invoking Dvips</a>, Previous: <a href="#Why-Dvips" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Why Dvips</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Installation-1"></a>
<h2 class="chapter">2 Installation</h2>
<a name="index-configuration_002c-of-Dvips"></a>
<a name="index-compilation"></a>
<a name="index-installation_002c-of-Dvips"></a>
<p>Installing Dvips is mostly the same as installing any Kpathsea-using
program. Therefore, for the basic steps involved,
see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Installation">Installation</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</p>
<p>For solutions to common installation problems and information on how to
report a bug, see the file <samp>kpathsea/BUGS</samp> (see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Bugs">Bugs</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>). For solutions to Dvips-specific problems,
see <a href="#Debug-options">Debug options</a>. Also see the Dvips home page at
<a href="http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips">http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips</a>.
</p>
<p>Dvips does require some additional installation, detailed in the
sections below. Also, to configure color devices, see <a href="#Color-device-configuration">Color device configuration</a>.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#config_002eps-installation" accesskey="1">config.ps installation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Printer and site Dvips configuration.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#PostScript-font-installation" accesskey="2">PostScript font installation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Many PostScript fonts are freely available.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Ghostscript-installation" accesskey="3">Ghostscript installation</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">A free PostScript interpreter.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="4">Diagnosing problems</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Some common runtime difficulties.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="config_002eps-installation"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#PostScript-font-installation" accesskey="n" rel="next">PostScript font installation</a>, Up: <a href="#Installation" accesskey="u" rel="up">Installation</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="config_002eps-installation-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">2.1 <samp>config.ps</samp> installation</h3>
<a name="index-config_002eps-installation"></a>
<a name="index-installation-of-config_002eps"></a>
<a name="index-printer-configuration"></a>
<a name="index-paper-size_002c-default"></a>
<a name="index-configuration-files_002c-creating"></a>
<p>Dvips has its own configuration files: a file <samp>config.ps</samp> for
sitewide defaults, and a file <samp>config.<var>printer</var></samp> for each
printer (output device). Since these are site-specific, <code>make
install</code> does not create them; you must create them yourself.
</p>
<p>(These Dvips configuration files are independent of the Kpathsea
configuration file <samp>texmf.cnf</samp> (see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Config-files">Config files</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>).
</p>
<a name="index-config_002eproto"></a>
<a name="index-prototype-printer-configuration-file"></a>
<a name="index-printer-configuration-file_002c-prototype"></a>
<a name="index-configuration-files_002c-prototype"></a>
<p>Dvips configuration files contents and searching are described fully in
<a href="#Config-files">Config files</a>. The simplest way to create a new configuration file
is to copy and modify the file <samp>dvipsk/contrib/config.proto</samp>,
seasoning with options to your taste from <a href="#Config-files">Config files</a>. Here is
<samp>config.proto</samp>
for your reading pleasure:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">% Prototype Dvips configuration file. (Public domain.)
% How to print, maybe with lp instead lpr, etc.
o |lpr
% Default resolution of this device, in dots per inch.
D 600
% Metafont mode. (This is completely different from the -M command-line
% option, which controls whether MakeTeXPK is invoked.) Get
% <a href="ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/modes.mf">ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/modes.mf</a> for a list of mode names. This mode
% and the D number above must agree, or MakeTeXPK will get confused.
M ljfour
% Memory available. Download the three-line PostScript file:
% %! Hey, we're PostScript
% /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont 144 432 moveto
% vmstatus exch sub 40 string cvs show pop showpage
% to determine this number. (It will be the only thing printed.)
m 3500000
% Correct printer offset. You can use testpage.tex from the LaTeX
% distribution to find these numbers. Print testpage.dvi more than once.
O 0pt,0pt
% Partially download Type 1 fonts by default. Only reason not to do
% this is if you encounter bugs. (Please report them to
% <a href="mailto:tex-k@tug.org">tex-k@tug.org</a> if you do.)
j
% Also look for fonts at these resolutions.
R 300 600
% With a high resolution and a RISC cpu, better to compress the bitmaps.
Z
% Uncomment these if you have and want to use PostScript versions of the
% fonts.
%p +cmfonts.map
%p +lafonts.map
%p +cyrfonts.map
%p +eufonts.map
% To include another configuration file here.
%c FILENAME
% You will also want definitions for alternative paper sizes -- A4,
% legal, and such. Examples in <samp>contrib/papersize.level2</samp> and
% <samp>contrib/papersize.simple</samp>.
</pre></div>
<hr>
<a name="PostScript-font-installation"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Ghostscript-installation" accesskey="n" rel="next">Ghostscript installation</a>, Previous: <a href="#config_002eps-installation" accesskey="p" rel="prev">config.ps installation</a>, Up: <a href="#Installation" accesskey="u" rel="up">Installation</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="PostScript-font-installation-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">2.2 PostScript font installation</h3>
<a name="index-installation-of-PostScript-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-installation-of-PostScript"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-fonts_002c-installing"></a>
<p>To use PostScript fonts with TeX and Dvips, you need both metric
files (<samp>.tfm</samp> and <samp>.vf</samp>) and the outlines (<samp>.pfa</samp> or
<samp>.pfb</samp>). See <a href="#Font-concepts">Font concepts</a>. Current TeX systems
come with support for 35 base PostScript fonts and many more.
</p>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-system-PostScript"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-fonts_002c-on-your-system"></a>
<a name="index-psfonts_002emap"></a>
<p>If you have additional PostScript fonts, you can make them available
to Dvips by (1) giving them appropriate filenames; and
(2) running Afm2tfm (see <a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a>) to make TFM
and VF metrics for TeX and Dvips to use. Also add them to
<samp>psfonts.map</samp> (see <a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a>); this file must contain
everything available in the system. The <code>updmap</code> program is
usually used to maintain <samp>psfonts.map</samp>; run ‘<samp>updmap --help</samp>’
for lots of information about how it works.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Ghostscript-installation"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="n" rel="next">Diagnosing problems</a>, Previous: <a href="#PostScript-font-installation" accesskey="p" rel="prev">PostScript font installation</a>, Up: <a href="#Installation" accesskey="u" rel="up">Installation</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Ghostscript-installation-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">2.3 Ghostscript installation</h3>
<a name="index-Ghostscript-installation"></a>
<a name="index-gs-installation"></a>
<a name="index-Deutsch_002c-Peter"></a>
<a name="index-Epson-printers"></a>
<a name="index-previewing-Dvips-output"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-previewers"></a>
<a name="index-PDF-files_002c-making"></a>
<a name="index-Aladdin-Ghostscript"></a>
<p>Ghostscript is a PostScript interpreter freely available to end-users,
originally written by Peter Deutsch. It can read the PostScript
produced by Dvips and render it on your monitor, or for another device
(e.g., an Epson printer) that does not support PostScript, or in PDF
format. The latest version is available via
<a href="http://ghostscript.com">http://ghostscript.com</a>.
</p>
<a name="index-Theisen_002c-Tim"></a>
<a name="index-ghostview"></a>
<a name="index-Ghostview_002c-and-no-N"></a>
<a name="index-EPS_002c-and-Ghostview"></a>
<a name="index-standard-PostScript_002c-required-by-Ghostview"></a>
<a name="index-_0025_0025Page_002c-required-by-Ghostview"></a>
<p>The program Ghostview, originally written by Johannes Plass and Tim
Theisen, provides typical previewing capabilities (next page/previous
page, magnification, etc.). It requires Ghostscript to run, and files
in structured Postscript, specifically with ‘<samp>%%Page</samp>’ comments (no
‘<samp>N</samp>’ in <samp>config.ps</samp>). The current version is known as GV,
and is available from <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gv">http://www.gnu.org/software/gv</a>.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Diagnosing-problems"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Ghostscript-installation" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Ghostscript installation</a>, Up: <a href="#Installation" accesskey="u" rel="up">Installation</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Diagnosing-problems-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">2.4 Diagnosing problems</h3>
<a name="index-problems"></a>
<a name="index-trouble"></a>
<a name="index-debugging"></a>
<p>You’ve gone through all the trouble of installing Dvips, carefully read
all the instructions in this manual, and still can’t get something to
work. The following sections provide some helpful hints if you find
yourself in such a situation.
</p>
<p>For details on effective bug reporting, common installation problems,
and <code>mktexpk</code> problems, see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Bugs">Bugs</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</p>
<p>A good first debugging operation is to set the environment variable
<code>DVIPSDEBUG</code>, which will display any configuration and map files
read by Dvips. This way you can be sure it’s finding the files and
settings you expect.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Debug-options" accesskey="1">Debug options</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Getting diagnostics.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#No-output" accesskey="2">No output</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">No output at all.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Small-or-inverted" accesskey="3">Small or inverted</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Output too small or inverted.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Printer-errors" accesskey="4">Printer errors</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The printer sends back errors.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Long-documents-fail" accesskey="5">Long documents fail</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Long documents fail to print.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Including-graphics-fails" accesskey="6">Including graphics fails</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Figures don’t work.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Debug-options"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#No-output" accesskey="n" rel="next">No output</a>, Up: <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="u" rel="up">Diagnosing problems</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Debug-options-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">2.4.1 Debug options</h4>
<a name="index-debugging-options"></a>
<a name="index-options_002c-debugging"></a>
<p>The ‘<samp>-d</samp>’ flag to Dvips helps in tracking down certain errors.
The parameter to this flag is an integer that tells what errors are
currently being tracked. To track a certain class of debug messages,
specify the appropriate number given below; if you wish to track
multiple classes, sum the numbers of the classes you wish to track.
To track all classes, you can use <code>-1</code>.
</p>
<p>You can also set the environment variable <code>KPATHSEA_DEBUG</code> instead
of using ‘<samp>-d</samp>’. Some of these debugging options are actually
provided by Kpathsea (see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Debugging">Debugging</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>).
</p>
<p>The classes are:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>1</dt>
<dd><p>specials
</p></dd>
<dt>2</dt>
<dd><p>paths
</p></dd>
<dt>4</dt>
<dd><p>fonts
</p></dd>
<dt>8</dt>
<dd><p>pages
</p></dd>
<dt>16</dt>
<dd><p>headers
</p></dd>
<dt>32</dt>
<dd><p>font compression
</p></dd>
<dt>64</dt>
<dd><p>files
</p></dd>
<dt>128</dt>
<dd><p>(omitted)
</p></dd>
<dt>256</dt>
<dd><p>config files
</p></dd>
<dt>512</dt>
<dd><p>Kpathsea <code>stat</code> calls
</p></dd>
<dt>1024</dt>
<dd><p>Kpathsea hash table lookups
</p></dd>
<dt>2048</dt>
<dd><p>Kpathsea path element expansion
</p></dd>
<dt>4096</dt>
<dd><p>Kpathsea path searches
</p></dd>
</dl>
<hr>
<a name="No-output"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Small-or-inverted" accesskey="n" rel="next">Small or inverted</a>, Previous: <a href="#Debug-options" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Debug options</a>, Up: <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="u" rel="up">Diagnosing problems</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="No-output-at-all"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">2.4.2 No output at all</h4>
<a name="index-output_002c-none"></a>
<a name="index-no-output-at-all"></a>
<a name="index-failure_002c-to-print-at-all"></a>
<p>If you are not getting any output at all, even from the simplest
one-character file (for instance, ‘<samp>\ \bye</samp>’), then something is very
wrong. Practically any file sent to a PostScript laser printer should
generate some output, at the very least a page detailing what error
occurred, if any. Talk to your system administrator about downloading a
PostScript error handler. (Adobe distributes a good one called
‘<samp>ehandler.ps</samp>’.)
<a name="index-ehandler_002eps"></a>
</p>
<a name="index-PowerPage-PostScript-implementation"></a>
<a name="index-Shinko-CHC_002dS446i-printer"></a>
<a name="index-Mitsubishi-Shinko-CHC_002dS446i-printer"></a>
<p>It is possible, especially if you are using non-Adobe PostScript, that
your PostScript interpreter is broken. Even then it should generate an
error message. Dvips tries to work around as many bugs as possible in
common non-Adobe PostScript interpreters, but doubtless it misses a few.
PowerPage Revision 1, Interpreter Version 20001.001, on a Mitsubishi
Shinko CHC-S446i color thermal dye sublimation printer is known to be
unable to print with any but builtin fonts.
</p>
<p>If Dvips gives any strange error messages, or compilation on your
machine generated a lot of warnings, perhaps the Dvips program itself is
broken. Try using the debug options to determine where the error
occurred (see <a href="#Debug-options">Debug options</a>).
</p>
<p>It is possible your spooler is broken and is misinterpreting the
structured comments. Try the ‘<samp>-N</samp>’ flag to turn off structured
comments and see what happens.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Small-or-inverted"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Printer-errors" accesskey="n" rel="next">Printer errors</a>, Previous: <a href="#No-output" accesskey="p" rel="prev">No output</a>, Up: <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="u" rel="up">Diagnosing problems</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Output-too-small-or-inverted"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">2.4.3 Output too small or inverted</h4>
<a name="index-output_002c-too-small"></a>
<a name="index-output_002c-inverted"></a>
<a name="index-inverted-output"></a>
<a name="index-too_002dsmall-output"></a>
<a name="index-save_002frestore_002c-and-inverted-output"></a>
<p>If some documents come out inverted or too small, probably your spooler
is not supplying an end of job indicator at the end of each file. (This
commonly happens on small machines that don’t have spoolers.) You can
force Dvips to do this with the ‘<samp>-F</samp>’ flag (or ‘<samp>F</samp>’ config file
option), but this generates files with a terminating binary character
(control-D). You can also try using the ‘<samp>-s</samp>’ flag (or ‘<samp>s</samp>’
config file option) to enclose the entire job in a save/restore pair.
See <a href="#Command_002dline-options">Command-line options</a>, and <a href="#Config-files">Config files</a>.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Printer-errors"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Long-documents-fail" accesskey="n" rel="next">Long documents fail</a>, Previous: <a href="#Small-or-inverted" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Small or inverted</a>, Up: <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="u" rel="up">Diagnosing problems</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Error-messages-from-printer"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">2.4.4 Error messages from printer</h4>
<a name="index-printer-errors"></a>
<a name="index-error-messages-from-printer"></a>
<a name="index-failure_002c-and-printer-errors"></a>
<a name="index-bop-undefined-error"></a>
<p>If your printer returns error messages, the error message gives very
good information on what might be going wrong. One of the most common
error messages is ‘<samp>bop undefined</samp>’. This is caused by old versions
of Transcript and other spoolers that do not properly parse the setup
section of the PostScript. To fix this, turn off structured comments
with the ‘<samp>-N</samp>’ option, but it’d be best to get your spooling
software updated.
</p>
<a name="index-VM-exhausted"></a>
<a name="index-printer-memory-exhausted"></a>
<a name="index-memory-of-printer-exhausted"></a>
<p>Another error message is ‘<samp>VM exhausted</samp>’. Some printers indicate
this error by locking up, others quietly reset. This is caused by Dvips
thinking that the printer has more memory than it actually does, and
then printing a complicated document. To fix this, try lowering the
‘<samp>m</samp>’ parameter in the configuration file; use the debug option to
make sure you adjust the correct file.
</p>
<p>Other errors may indicate you are trying to include graphics that don’t
nest properly in other PostScript documents, among other things. Try
the PostScript file on a QMS PS-810 or other Adobe PostScript printer if
you have one, or Ghostscript (see <a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a>); it
might be a problem with the printer itself.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Long-documents-fail"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Including-graphics-fails" accesskey="n" rel="next">Including graphics fails</a>, Previous: <a href="#Printer-errors" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Printer errors</a>, Up: <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="u" rel="up">Diagnosing problems</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Long-documents-fail-to-print"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">2.4.5 Long documents fail to print</h4>
<a name="index-long-documents-not-printing"></a>
<a name="index-failure_002c-of-long-documents"></a>
<p>This is usually caused by incorrectly specifying the amount of memory
the printer has in the configuration file; see the previous section.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Including-graphics-fails"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Long-documents-fail" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Long documents fail</a>, Up: <a href="#Diagnosing-problems" accesskey="u" rel="up">Diagnosing problems</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Including-graphics-fails-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">2.4.6 Including graphics fails</h4>
<a name="index-including-graphics-fails"></a>
<a name="index-graphics-inclusion-fails"></a>
<a name="index-failure_002c-to-include-graphics"></a>
<p>The most common problem with including graphics is an incorrect bounding
box (see <a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a>). Complain to whoever wrote the software that
generated the file if the bounding box is indeed incorrect.
</p>
<a name="index-Illustrator_002c-workaround-for"></a>
<p>Another possible problem is that the figure you are trying to include
does not nest properly; there are certain rules PostScript applications
must follow when generating files to be included. The Dvips program
includes work-arounds for such errors in Adobe Illustrator and other
programs, but there are certainly applications that haven’t been tested.
</p>
<p>One possible thing to try is the ‘<samp>-K</samp>’ flag which strips the comments
from an included figure. This might be necessary if the PostScript
spooling software does not read the structured comments correctly. Use
of this flag will break graphics from some applications, though, since
some applications read the PostScript file from the input stream,
looking for a particular comment.
</p>
<a name="index-binary-files_002c-not-supported"></a>
<p>Any application which generates graphics output containing raw binary
(not ASCII hex) will probably fail with Dvips.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Invoking-Dvips"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape" accesskey="n" rel="next">Paper size and landscape</a>, Previous: <a href="#Installation" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Installation</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Invoking-Dvips-1"></a>
<h2 class="chapter">3 Invoking Dvips</h2>
<a name="index-command_002dline-options"></a>
<a name="index-options_002c-Dvips"></a>
<a name="index-invoking-Dvips"></a>
<p>Dvips reads a DVI file as output by (for example) TeX, and converts
it to PostScript, taking care of builtin or downloaded PostScript fonts,
font reencoding, color, etc. These features are described in other
chapters in this document.
</p>
<p>There many ways to control Dvips’ behavior: configuration files,
environment variables, and command-line options.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Basic-usage" accesskey="1">Basic usage</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Command_002dline-options" accesskey="2">Command-line options</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Environment-variables" accesskey="3">Environment variables</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Config-files" accesskey="4">Config files</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Basic-usage"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Command_002dline-options" accesskey="n" rel="next">Command-line options</a>, Up: <a href="#Invoking-Dvips" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking Dvips</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Basic-usage-of-Dvips"></a>
<h3 class="section">3.1 Basic usage of Dvips</h3>
<a name="index-usage_002c-basic"></a>
<p>To use Dvips at its simplest, simply type
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">dvips foo
</pre></div>
<p>where <samp>foo.dvi</samp> is the output of TeX that you want to print.
The default output is to a corresponding file <samp>foo.ps</samp>; Dvips may
also have been locally configured to output directly to a printer by
default.
</p>
<p>If you use fonts that have not been used on your system before, they may
be automatically generated; this process can take a few minutes, so
progress reports appear by default. The next time that document is
printed, these fonts will have been saved in the proper directories, so
printing will go much faster. (If Dvips tries to endlessly generate the
same fonts over and over again, it hasn’t been installed properly.
See <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Unable-to-generate-fonts">Unable to generate fonts</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.)
</p>
<p>Many options are available (see the next section). For a brief summary
of available options, just type
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">dvips --help
</pre></div>
<hr>
<a name="Command_002dline-options"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Environment-variables" accesskey="n" rel="next">Environment variables</a>, Previous: <a href="#Basic-usage" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Basic usage</a>, Up: <a href="#Invoking-Dvips" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking Dvips</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Command_002dline-options-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">3.2 Command-line options</h3>
<p>Dvips has a plethora of command line options. Reading through this
section will give a good idea of the capabilities of the driver.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Option-summary" accesskey="1">Option summary</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Quick listing, from Dvips –help.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Option-details" accesskey="2">Option details</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">More information about each option.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Option-summary"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Option-details" accesskey="n" rel="next">Option details</a>, Up: <a href="#Command_002dline-options" accesskey="u" rel="up">Command-line options</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Option-summary-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">3.2.1 Option summary</h4>
<a name="index-options_002c-summary"></a>
<p>Here is a handy summary of the options; it is printed out when you run
Dvips with no arguments or with the standard ‘<samp>--help</samp>’ option.
<a name="index-_002d_002dhelp"></a>
</p>
<pre class="verbatim">Usage: dvips [OPTION]... FILENAME[.dvi]
Convert DVI input files to PostScript.
See http://tug.org/dvips/ for the full manual and other information.
Options:
-a* Conserve memory, not time -A Print only odd (TeX) pages
-b # Page copies, for posters e.g. -B Print only even (TeX) pages
-c # Uncollated copies -C # Collated copies
-d # Debugging -D # Resolution
-e # Maxdrift value -E* Try to create EPSF
-f* Run as filter -F* Send control-D at end
-G* Shift low chars to higher pos.
-h f Add header file
-i* Separate file per section
-j* Download fonts partially
-k* Print crop marks -K* Pull comments from inclusions
-l # Last page -L* Last special papersize wins
-m* Manual feed -M* Don't make fonts
-mode s Metafont device name
-n # Maximum number of pages -N* No structured comments
-noomega Disable Omega extensions
-noptex Disable pTeX extensions
-o f Output file -O c Set/change paper offset
-p # First page -P s Load config.$s
-pp l Print only pages listed
-q* Run quietly
-r* Reverse order of pages -R* Run securely
-s* Enclose output in save/restore -S # Max section size in pages
-t s Paper format -T c Specify desired page size
-u s PS mapfile -U* Disable string param trick
-v Print version number and quit -V* Send downloadable PS fonts as PK
-x # Override dvi magnification -X # Horizontal resolution
-y # Multiply by dvi magnification -Y # Vertical resolution
-z* Hyper PS -Z* Compress bitmap fonts
# = number f = file s = string * = suffix, `0' to turn off
c = comma-separated dimension pair (e.g., 3.2in,-32.1cm)
l = comma-separated list of page ranges (e.g., 1-4,7-9)
Email bug reports to tex-k@mail.tug.org.
</pre>
<hr>
<a name="Option-details"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Option-summary" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Option summary</a>, Up: <a href="#Command_002dline-options" accesskey="u" rel="up">Command-line options</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Option-details-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">3.2.2 Option details</h4>
<a name="index-option_002c-details-of"></a>
<p>Many of the parameterless options listed here can be turned off by
suffixing the option with a zero (‘<samp>0</samp>’); for instance, to turn off
page reversal, use ‘<samp>-r0</samp>’. Such options are marked with a trailing
‘<samp>*</samp>’.
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>‘<samp>-</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002d"></a>
<a name="index-options_002c-reading-from-standard-input"></a>
<a name="index-standard-input_002c-reading-options-from"></a>
<p>Read additional options from standard input after processing the command
line.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>--help</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dhelp-1"></a>
<p>Print a usage message and exit.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>--version</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dversion"></a>
<p>Print the version number and exit.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-a*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002da"></a>
<a name="index-memory_002c-conserving"></a>
<p>Conserve memory by making three passes over the DVI file instead
of two and only loading those characters actually used. Generally only
useful on machines with a very limited amount of memory, like some PCs.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-A</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dA"></a>
<a name="index-odd-pages-only"></a>
<p>Print only the odd pages. This option uses TeX
page numbers, not physical page numbers.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-b <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002db-num"></a>
<a name="index-_002f_0023copies"></a>
<a name="index-copies_002c-duplicated-page-bodies"></a>
<a name="index-color-separations"></a>
<p>Generate <var>num</var> copies of each page, but duplicating the page body
rather than using the ‘<samp>/#copies</samp>’ PostScript variable. This can
be useful in conjunction with a header file setting ‘<samp>bop-hook</samp>’ to
do color separations or other neat tricks.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-B</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dB"></a>
<a name="index-even-pages-only"></a>
<a name="index-double_002dsided-printing"></a>
<p>Print only the even pages. This option uses TeX page numbers, not
physical page numbers.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-c <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dc-num"></a>
<a name="index-_002f_0023copies-1"></a>
<a name="index-copies_002c-uncollated"></a>
<a name="index-uncollated-copies"></a>
<p>Generate <var>num</var> consecutive copies of every page, i.e., the output is
uncollated. This merely sets the builtin PostScript variable
‘<samp>/#copies</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-C <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dC-num"></a>
<a name="index-copies_002c-collated"></a>
<a name="index-collated-copies"></a>
<p>Generate <var>num</var> copies, but collated (by replicating the data in the
PostScript file). Slower than the ‘<samp>-c</samp>’ option, but easier on the
hands, and faster than resubmitting the same PostScript file multiple
times.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-d <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dd-num"></a>
<a name="index-debugging-1"></a>
<p>Set the debug flags, showing what Dvips (thinks it) is doing. This will
work unless Dvips has been compiled without the ‘<samp>DEBUG</samp>’ option (not
recommended). See <a href="#Debug-options">Debug options</a>, for the possible values of
<var>num</var>. Use ‘<samp>-d -1</samp>’ as the first option for maximum output.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-D <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dD-num"></a>
<a name="index-resolution_002c-setting"></a>
<p>Set both the horizontal and vertical resolution to <var>num</var>, given in
dpi (dots per inch). This affects the choice of bitmap fonts that are
loaded and also the positioning of letters in resident PostScript
fonts. Must be between 10 and 10000. This affects both the horizontal
and vertical resolution. If a high resolution (something greater than
400 dpi, say) is selected, the ‘<samp>-Z</samp>’ flag should probably also be
used. If you are using fonts made with Metafont, such as Computer
Modern, <samp>mktexpk</samp> needs to know about the value for <var>num</var>
that you use or Metafont will fail. See the file
<a href="ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/modes.mf">ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/modes.mf</a> for a list of resolutions and mode
names for most devices.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-e <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002de-num"></a>
<a name="index-maxdrift"></a>
<a name="index-accuracy-in-positioning"></a>
<a name="index-positioning-accuracy"></a>
<p>Maximum drift in pixels of each character from its ‘true’
resolution-independent position on the page. The default value of this
parameter is resolution dependent (it is the number of entries in the
list [100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2400,
2800, 3200, …] that are less than or equal to the resolution in
dots per inch). Allowing individual characters to ‘drift’ from their
correctly rounded positions by a few pixels, while regaining the true
position at the beginning of each new word, improves the spacing of
letters in words.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-E*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dE"></a>
<a name="index-EPSF_002c-generating"></a>
<a name="index-tight-bounding-box_002c-finding"></a>
<a name="index-bounding-box_002c-finding-tight"></a>
<p>Generate an EPSF file with a tight bounding box. This only looks at
marks made by characters and rules, not by any included graphics. In
addition, it gets the glyph metrics from the TFM file, so characters
that print outside their enclosing TFM box may confuse it. In addition,
the bounding box might be a bit too loose if the character glyph has
significant left or right side bearings. Nonetheless, this option works
well enough for creating small EPSF files for equations or tables or the
like. (Of course, Dvips output, especially when using bitmap fonts, is
resolution-dependent and thus does not make very good EPSF files,
especially if the images are to be scaled; use these EPSF files with
care.) For multiple page input files, also specify ‘<samp>-i</samp>’ to get
each page as a separate EPSF file; otherwise, all the pages are overlaid
in the single output file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-f*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002df"></a>
<a name="index-filter_002c-running-as-a"></a>
<a name="index-standard-I_002fO"></a>
<a name="index-pipes_002c-not-readable"></a>
<a name="index-PRINTER_002c-avoided-with-_002df"></a>
<p>Run as a filter. Read the DVI file from standard input and write the
PostScript to standard output. The standard input must be seekable, so
it cannot be a pipe. If your input must be a pipe, write a shell script
that copies the pipe output to a temporary file and then points Dvips at
this file. This option also disables the automatic reading of the
<code>PRINTER</code> environment variable; use ‘<samp>-P$PRINTER</samp>’ after the
‘<samp>-f</samp>’ to read it anyway. It also turns off the automatic sending of
control-D if it was turned on with the ‘<samp>-F</samp>’ option or in the
configuration file; use ‘<samp>-F</samp>’ after the ‘<samp>-f</samp>’ to send it anyway.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-F*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dF"></a>
<a name="index-EOF"></a>
<a name="index-control_002dD"></a>
<a name="index-printer_002c-driving-directly"></a>
<a name="index-spooler_002c-lacking"></a>
<p>Write control-D (ASCII code 4) as the very last character of the
PostScript file. This is useful when Dvips is driving the printer
directly instead of working through a spooler, as is common on personal
systems. On systems shared by more than one person, this is not
recommended.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-G*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dG"></a>
<a name="index-low-characters_002c-shifting"></a>
<a name="index-non_002dprinting-characters_002c-shifting"></a>
<p>Shift non-printing characters (ASCII 0-32, 127) to higher-numbered positions.
This was useful to work around bugs in old versions of Adobe’s PDF
reader. It’s more likely to cause problems nowadays.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-h <var>name</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dh-name"></a>
<a name="index-header-file_002c-downloading"></a>
<a name="index-userdict_002c-used-for-header-files"></a>
<p>Prepend <var>name</var> as an additional header file, or, if <var>name</var> is
‘<samp>-</samp>’, suppress all header files. Any definitions in the header file
get added to the PostScript ‘<samp>userdict</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-i*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002di"></a>
<a name="index-sections-output_002c-in-separate-files"></a>
<a name="index-multiple-output-files"></a>
<a name="index-output-files_002c-multiple"></a>
<p>Make each section be a separate file; a <em>section</em> is a part of the
document processed independently, most often created to avoid memory
overflow. The filenames are created replacing the suffix of the
supplied output file name by a three-digit sequence number. This option
is most often used in conjunction with the ‘<samp>-S</samp>’ option which sets
the maximum section length in pages; if ‘<samp>-i</samp>’ is specified and
‘<samp>-S</samp>’ is not, each page is output as a separate file. For instance,
some phototypesetters cannot print more than ten or so consecutive pages
before running out of steam; these options can be used to automatically
split a book into ten-page sections, each to its own file.
</p>
<p>On the other hand, if your document uses very large fonts or very
large included figures, Dvips might take it upon itself to split the
output into unwanted sections, to try to avoid overflowing printer
memory. See <a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage">Headers and memory usage</a>, for ways to handle this.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-j*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dj-for-partial-font-downloading"></a>
<p>Download only needed characters from Type 1 fonts. This is the
default in the current release. Some debugging flags trace this operation
(see <a href="#Debug-options">Debug options</a>). You can also control partial downloading on a
per-font basis (see <a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-k*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dk-for-cropmarks"></a>
<a name="index-cropmarks"></a>
<a name="index-crop_002epro"></a>
<p>Print crop marks. This option increases the paper size (which should be
specified, either with a paper size special or with the ‘<samp>-T</samp>’
option) by a half inch in each dimension. It translates each page by a
quarter inch and draws cross-style crop marks. It is mostly useful with
typesetters that can set the page size automatically. This works by
downloading <samp>crop.pro</samp>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-K*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dK"></a>
<a name="index-comments_002c-removing-included"></a>
<a name="index-_0025_0025Page_002c-removing"></a>
<p>Remove comments in included PostScript graphics, font files, and
headers; only necessary to get around bugs in spoolers or PostScript
post-processing programs. Specifically, the ‘<samp>%%Page</samp>’
comments, when left in, often cause difficulties. Use of this flag can
cause other graphics to fail, however, since the PostScript header
macros from some software packages read portion the input stream line by
line, searching for a particular comment.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-l [=]<var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dl-_005b_003d_005dnum"></a>
<a name="index-last-page-printed"></a>
<a name="index-page_002c-last-printed"></a>
<a name="index-physical-page-number_002c-and-_002dl"></a>
<a name="index-absolute-page-number_002c-and-_002dl"></a>
<p>The last page printed will be the first one numbered <var>num</var>. Default
is the last page in the document. If <var>num</var> is prefixed by an equals
sign, then it (and the argument to the ‘<samp>-p</samp>’ option, if specified)
is treated as a physical (absolute) page number, rather than a value to
compare with the TeX ‘<samp>\count0</samp>’ values stored in the DVI file.
Thus, using ‘<samp>-l =9</samp>’ will end with the ninth page of the document,
no matter what the pages are actually numbered.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-L*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dL"></a>
<a name="index-papersize-special_002c-first-vs_002e-last"></a>
<p>By default or with <code>-L1</code>, the last ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special wins;
with <code>-L0</code>, the first special wins. See <a href="#papersize-special">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-m*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dm"></a>
<a name="index-manual-feed"></a>
<p>Specify manual feed, if supported by the output device.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-mode <var>mode</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dmode-mode"></a>
<a name="index-_002dmode"></a>
<a name="index-mode-name_002c-specifying"></a>
<a name="index-Metafont-mode_002c-specifying"></a>
<p>Use <var>mode</var> as the Metafont device name for path searching and font
generation. This overrides any value from configuration files. With
the default paths, explicitly specifying the mode also makes the program
assume the fonts are in a subdirectory named <var>mode</var>.
See <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#TeX-directory-structure">TeX directory structure</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>. If Metafont does not understand the <var>mode</var> name, see
<a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Unable-to-generate-fonts">Unable to generate fonts</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-M*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dM"></a>
<a name="index-font-generation_002c-avoiding"></a>
<a name="index-mktexpk_002c-avoiding"></a>
<a name="index-missfont_002elog"></a>
<p>Turns off automatic font generation (<samp>mktexpk</samp>). If
<code>mktexpk</code>, the invocation is appended to a file
<samp>missfont.log</samp> (by default) in the current directory. You can then
execute the log file to create the missing files after fixing the
problem.
<a name="index-TEXMFOUTPUT"></a>
<a name="index-MISSFONT_005fLOG"></a>
If the current directory is not writable and the environment variable or
configuration file value ‘<samp>TEXMFOUTPUT</samp>’ is set, its value is used.
Otherwise, nothing is written. The name ‘<samp>missfont.log</samp>’ is
overridden by the ‘<samp>MISSFONT_LOG</samp>’ environment variable or
configuration file value.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-n <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dn-num"></a>
<a name="index-maximum-pages-printed"></a>
<a name="index-pages_002c-maximum-printed"></a>
<p>Print at most <var>num</var> pages. Default is 100000.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-N*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dN"></a>
<a name="index-structured-comments"></a>
<a name="index-TranScript"></a>
<a name="index-_0025_0025Page_002c-not-generating"></a>
<p>Turns off generation of structured comments such as ‘<samp>%%Page</samp>’; this
may be necessary on some systems that try to interpret PostScript
comments in weird ways, or on some PostScript printers. Old versions of
TranScript in particular cannot handle modern Encapsulated PostScript.
Beware: This also disables page movement, etc., in PostScript viewers
such as Ghostview.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-noomega</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dnoomega"></a>
<a name="index-Omega-extensions"></a>
<a name="index-pTeX-extensions"></a>
<p>Disable the use of Omega extensions when interpreting DVI
files. By default, the additional opcodes ‘<samp>129</samp>’ and ‘<samp>134</samp>’
are recognized by Dvips as Omega or pTeX extensions and interpreted as
requests to set 2-byte characters.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-noptex</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dnoptex"></a>
<a name="index-pTeX-extensions-1"></a>
<p>Disable the use of pTeX extensions when interpreting DVI files. By
default, the additional opcodes ‘<samp>130</samp>’ and ‘<samp>135</samp>’ are
recognized by Dvips as Omega extensions and interpreted as requests to
set 3-byte characters, and ‘<samp>255</samp>’ as request to change the
typesetting direction.
</p>
<p>The only drawback is that the virtual font array will (at least
temporarily) require 65536 or more positions instead of the default
256 positions, i.e., the memory requirements of Dvips will be somewhat
larger. If you find this unacceptable or encounter another problem
with the Omega or pTeX extensions, you can switch off the pTeX
extension by using ‘<samp>-noptex</samp>’, or both by using ‘<samp>-noomega</samp>’
(but please do send a bug report if you find such problems,
see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Bugs">Bugs</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-o <var>name</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002do-name"></a>
<a name="index-output_002c-redirecting"></a>
<a name="index-standard-output_002c-output-to"></a>
<p>Send output to the file <var>name</var>. If ‘<samp>-o</samp>’ is specified without
<var>name</var> (i.e., it is the last thing on the command line), the
default is ‘<samp><var>file</var>.ps</samp>’ where the input DVI file was
‘<samp><var>file</var>.dvi</samp>’. If ‘<samp>-o</samp>’ isn’t given at all, the
configuration file default is used.
</p>
<a name="index-popen-for-output"></a>
<a name="index-_002d-as-output-filename"></a>
<a name="index-_0021-starting-output-filename"></a>
<a name="index-_007c-starting-output-filename"></a>
<a name="index-lpr-spooler_002c-MS_002dDOS-emulation"></a>
<a name="index-spooling-to-lpr-on-MS_002dDOS"></a>
<p>If <var>name</var> is ‘<samp>-</samp>’, output goes to standard output. If the first
character of <var>name</var> is ‘<samp>!</samp>’ or ‘<samp>|</samp>’, then the remainder will
be used as an argument to <code>popen</code>; thus, specifying ‘<samp>|lpr</samp>’ as
the output file will automatically queue the file for printing as
usual. (The MS-DOS version will print to the local printer device
<samp>PRN</samp> when <var>name</var> is ‘<samp>|lpr</samp>’ and a program by that name
cannot be found.)
</p>
<p>‘<samp>-o</samp>’ disables the automatic reading of the <code>PRINTER</code>
environment variable, and turns off the automatic sending of control-D.
See the ‘<samp>-f</samp>’ option for how to override this.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-O <var>x-offset</var>,<var>y-offset</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dO-x_002doffset_002cy_002doffset"></a>
<a name="index-offset-pages"></a>
<a name="index-printer-offset"></a>
<p>Move the origin by <var>x-offset</var>,<var>y-offset</var>, a comma-separated
pair of dimensions such as ‘<samp>.1in,-.3cm</samp>’ (see <a href="#papersize-special">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a>). The origin of the page is shifted from the default position
(of one inch down, one inch to the right from the upper left corner of
the paper) by this amount. This is usually best specified in the
printer-specific configuration file.
</p>
<a name="index-testpage_002etex"></a>
<p>This is useful for a printer that consistently offsets output pages by a
certain amount. You can use the file <samp>testpage.tex</samp> to determine
the correct value for your printer. Be sure to do several runs with the
same <code>O</code> value—some printers vary widely from run to run.
</p>
<a name="index-bop_002dhook_002c-and-offset-pages"></a>
<p>If your printer offsets every other page consistently, instead of every
page, your best recourse is to use ‘<samp>bop-hook</samp>’ (see <a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-p [=]<var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dp-_005b_003d_005dnum"></a>
<a name="index-first-page-printed"></a>
<a name="index-page_002c-first-printed"></a>
<a name="index-physical-page-number_002c-and-_002dp"></a>
<a name="index-absolute-page-number_002c-and-_002dp"></a>
<p>The first page printed will be the first one numbered <var>num</var>. Default
is the first page in the document. If <var>num</var> is prefixed by an
equals sign, then it (and the argument to the ‘<samp>-l</samp>’ option, if
specified) is treated as a physical (absolute) page number, rather than
a value to compare with the TeX ‘<samp>\count0</samp>’ values stored in the
DVI file. Thus, using ‘<samp>-p =3</samp>’ will start with the third page of
the document, no matter what the pages are actually numbered.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-pp <var>first</var>-<var>last</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dpp-first_002dlast"></a>
<a name="index-page-range"></a>
<a name="index-_002dpp-range"></a>
<p>Print pages <var>first</var> through <var>last</var>; equivalent to ‘<samp>-p
<var>first</var> -l <var>last</var></samp>’, except that multiple ‘<samp>-pp</samp>’ options
accumulate, unlike ‘<samp>-p</samp>’ and ‘<samp>-l</samp>’. The ‘<samp>-</samp>’ separator can
also be ‘<samp>:</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-P <var>printer</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dP-printer"></a>
<a name="index-config_002eps"></a>
<p>Read the configuration file <samp>config.<var>printer</var></samp>
(<samp><var>printer</var>.cfg</samp> on MS-DOS), which typically sets the output
name (most likely ‘<samp>o |lpr -P<var>printer</var></samp>’), resolution, Metafont
mode, and perhaps other printer-specific defaults. It works best to
put sitewide defaults in the one master ‘<samp>config.ps</samp>’ file and only
things that vary from printer to printer in the
‘<samp>config.<var>printer</var></samp>’ files; ‘<samp>config.ps</samp>’ is read before
‘<samp>config.<var>printer</var></samp>’.
</p>
<p>A configuration file for eventual creation of Adobe PDF files is
provided in ‘<samp>config.pdf</samp>’ and thus can be loaded with
‘<samp>-Ppdf</samp>’. It will try to include Type 1 outline fonts into the
PostScript file (see <a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a>).
</p>
<p>If no ‘<samp>-P</samp>’ or ‘<samp>-o</samp>’ is given, the environment variable
<code>PRINTER</code> is checked. If that variable exists, and a corresponding
<samp>config.<var>printer</var></samp> (<samp><var>printer</var>.cfg</samp> on MS-DOS) file
exists, it is read.
See <a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-q*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dq"></a>
<a name="index-quiet-operation"></a>
<a name="index-silent-operation"></a>
<a name="index-warnings_002c-suppressing"></a>
<p>Run quietly. Don’t chatter about pages converted, etc.,
and report no warnings (only errors) to standard error.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-r*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dr"></a>
<a name="index-reverse-pagination"></a>
<p>Output pages in reverse order. By default, page 1 is output first.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-R</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dR"></a>
<a name="index-security"></a>
<a name="index-shell-command-execution_002c-disabling"></a>
<a name="index-absolute-filenames_002c-disabling"></a>
<a name="index-_002e_002e_002drelative-filenames"></a>
<p>Run securely. ‘<samp>-R2</samp>’ disables both shell command execution in
<code>\special</code> (via ‘<samp>`</samp>’, see <a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics">Dynamic creation of graphics</a>)
and config files (via the ‘<samp>E</samp>’ option, see <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>) and opening of any absolute or <samp>..</samp>-relative
filenames. ‘<samp>-R1</samp>’, the default, forbids shell escapes but allows
absolute filenames. ‘<samp>-R0</samp>’ allows both.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-s*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002ds"></a>
<a name="index-save_002frestore_002c-generating-global"></a>
<p>Enclose the output in a global save/restore pair. This causes the file
to not be truly conformant, and is thus not recommended, but is useful
if you are driving a deficient printer directly and thus don’t care too
much about the portability of the output to other environments.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-S <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dS-num"></a>
<p>Set the maximum number of pages in each ‘section’. This option is most
commonly used with the ‘<samp>-i</samp>’ option; see its description above for
more information.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-t <var>papertype</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dt-papertype"></a>
<a name="index-paper-type"></a>
<a name="index-media"></a>
<a name="index-letter-papertype"></a>
<a name="index-legal-papertype"></a>
<a name="index-ledger-papertype"></a>
<a name="index-a4-papertype"></a>
<a name="index-a3-papertype"></a>
<a name="index-landscape-papertype"></a>
<a name="index-papersize-special_002c-and-no-_002dt"></a>
<p>Set the paper type to <var>papertype</var>, usually defined in one of the
configuration files, along with the appropriate PostScript code to
select it (see <a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a>).
</p><ul class="no-bullet">
<li>- You can also specify a <var>papertype</var> of ‘<samp>landscape</samp>’,
which rotates a document by 90 degrees.
</li><li>- To rotate a document whose paper type is not the default, you
can use the ‘<samp>-t</samp>’ option twice, once for the paper type, and once
for ‘<samp>landscape</samp>’.
</li><li>- In general, you should not use any ‘<samp>-t</samp>’ option when
using a ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special, which some LaTeX packages (e.g.,
‘<samp>hyperref</samp>’) insert.
</li><li>- One exception is when using a nonstandard paper size that is not
already defined in <samp>config.ps</samp>; in this case, you need to specify
‘<samp>-t unknown</samp>’.
</li><li>- Another exception is when producing multi-page files for further
processing; use ‘<samp>-t nopaper</samp>’ to omit any paper size
information in the output. (If you just have a single page document,
you can use ‘<samp>-E</samp>’ to get pure EPSF output.)
</li></ul>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-T <var>hsize</var>,<var>vsize</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dT-hsize_002cvsize"></a>
<p>Set the paper size to (<var>hsize</var>,<var>vsize</var>), a comma-separated
pair of dimensions such as ‘<samp>.1in,-.3cm</samp>’ (see <a href="#papersize-special">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a>). It overrides any paper size special in the DVI file. Be
careful, as the paper size will stick to a predefined size if there is
one close enough. To disable this behavior, use ‘<samp>-tunknown</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-u <var>psmapfile</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002du-psmapfile"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-font-alias-file"></a>
<a name="index-resident-fonts_002c-different-in-different-printers"></a>
<p>Set <var>psmapfile</var> to be the file that dvips uses for looking up
PostScript font aliases. If <var>psmapfile</var> begins with a ‘<samp>+</samp>’
character, then the rest of the name is used as the name of the map file,
and the map file is appended to the list of map files (instead of replacing
the list). In either case, if the name has no extension, then ‘<samp>.map</samp>’
is added at the end.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-U*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dU"></a>
<a name="index-Xerox-4045"></a>
<p>Disable a PostScript virtual memory-saving optimization that stores the
character metric information in the same string that is used to store
the bitmap information. This is only necessary when driving the Xerox
4045 PostScript interpreter, which has a bug that puts garbage on the
bottom of each character. Not recommended unless you must drive this
printer.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-v</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dv"></a>
<p>Print the dvips version number and exit.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-V*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dV"></a>
<p>Download non-resident PostScript fonts as bitmaps. This requires use
<a name="index-mtpk"></a>
<a name="index-gsftopk"></a>
<a name="index-pstopk"></a>
of <code>mtpk</code> or <code>gsftopk</code> or <code>pstopk</code> or some combination
thereof to generate the required bitmap fonts; these programs are
supplied with Dvips. The bitmap must be put into <samp>psfonts.map</samp> as
the downloadable file for that font. This is useful only for those
fonts for which you do not have real outlines, being downloaded to
printers that have no resident fonts, i.e., very rarely.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-x <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dx-num"></a>
<a name="index-magnification_002c-overriding-DVI"></a>
<p>Set the magnification ratio to <em><var>num</var>/1000</em>. Overrides
the magnification specified in the DVI file. Must be between 10 and
100000. It is recommended that you use standard magstep values (1095,
1200, 1440, 1728, 2074, 2488, 2986, and so on) to help reduce the total
number of PK files generated. <var>num</var> may be a real number, not an
integer, for increased precision.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-X <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dX-num"></a>
<a name="index-resolution"></a>
<p>Set the horizontal resolution in dots per inch to <var>num</var>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-y <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-magnification_002c-vertical"></a>
<p>Set the magnification ratio to <em><var>num</var>/1000</em> times the
magnification specified in the DVI file. See
‘<samp>-x</samp>’ above.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-Y <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dY-num"></a>
<p>Set the vertical resolution in dots per inch to <var>num.</var>
<a name="index-resolution-1"></a>
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-z*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dz-for-recognizing-hyperdvi"></a>
<a name="index-hyperdvi-extensions_002c-enabling"></a>
<a name="index-distillation_002c-and-_002dz"></a>
<a name="index-PDF-files_002c-option-for"></a>
<a name="index-html-specials_002c-and-_002dz"></a>
<p>Pass ‘<samp>html</samp>’ hyperdvi specials through to the output for eventual
distillation into PDF. This is not enabled by default to avoid
including the header files unnecessarily, and use of temporary files in
creating the output. See <a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-Z*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dZ-for-compressing-bitmap-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-compressing-bitmap-fonts"></a>
<p>Compress bitmap fonts in the output file, thereby reducing the size of
what gets downloaded. Especially useful at high resolutions or when
very large fonts are used. May slow down printing, especially on early
68000-based PostScript printers. Generally recommend today, and can be
enabled in the configuration file (see <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>).
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<hr>
<a name="Environment-variables"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Config-files" accesskey="n" rel="next">Config files</a>, Previous: <a href="#Command_002dline-options" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Command-line options</a>, Up: <a href="#Invoking-Dvips" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking Dvips</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Environment-variables-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">3.3 Environment variables</h3>
<a name="index-environment-variables"></a>
<p>Dvips looks for many environment variables, to define search paths and
other things. The path variables are read as needed, after all
configuration files are read, so they override values in the
configuration files. (Except for <code>TEXCONFIG</code>, which defines where
the configuration files themselves are found.)
</p>
<p>See <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Path-specifications">Path specifications</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>, for details of
interpretation of path and other environment variables common to all
Kpathsea-using programs. Only the environment variables specific to
Dvips are mentioned here.
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>DVIPSDEBUG</code>
<a name="index-DVIPSDEBUG"></a>
</dt>
<dd><a name="index-KPATHSEA_005fDEBUG"></a>
<p>Write the absolute path names of any configuration or map files to
standard output, for debugging. This isn’t done by default because
these files are read even before the banner is printed. For
voluminous additional debugging, set the environment variable
<code>KPATHSEA_DEBUG</code> to ‘<samp>-1</samp>’
(see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Debugging">Debugging</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>). (If <code>KPATHSEA_DEBUG</code> is
set to any value, it automatically turns on <code>DVIPSDEBUG</code>.)
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>DVIPSFONTS</code>
<a name="index-DVIPSFONTS"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>Default path to search for all fonts. Overrides all the font path
config file options and other environment variables (see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Supported-file-formats">Supported
file formats</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>DVIPSHEADERS</code>
<a name="index-DVIPSHEADERS"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>Default path to search for PostScript header files. Overrides the ‘<samp>H</samp>’
config file option (see <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>DVIPSMAKEPK</code>
<a name="index-DVIPSMAKEPK"></a>
</dt>
<dd><a name="index-mktexpk_002c-changing-name"></a>
<p>Overrides ‘<samp>mktexpk</samp>’ as the name of the program to invoke to
create missing PK fonts. You can change the arguments passed to the
<code>mktexpk</code> program with the <code>MAKETEXPK</code> environment
variable; see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#MakeTeX-script-arguments">MakeTeX script arguments</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>DVIPSRC</code>
<a name="index-DVIPSRC"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the name of the startup file (see <a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a>) which is read after <samp>config.ps</samp> but before any
printer-specific configuration files.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>DVIPSSIZES</code>
<a name="index-DVIPSSIZES"></a>
</dt>
<dd><a name="index-last_002dresort-font-scaling_002c-with-DVIPSSIZES"></a>
<p>Last-resort sizes for scaling of unfound fonts. Overrides the ‘<samp>R</samp>’
definition in config files (see <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>PRINTER</code>
<a name="index-PRINTER"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>Determine the default printer configuration file. (Dvips itself does
not use <code>PRINTER</code> to determine the output destination in any way.)
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>TEXCONFIG</code>
<a name="index-TEXCONFIG"></a>
</dt>
<dd><a name="index-configuration-file-path"></a>
<p>Path to search for Dvips’ <samp>config.<var>printer</var></samp> configuration
files, including the base <samp>config.ps</samp>. Using this single
environment variable, you can override everything else. (The
printer-specific configuration files are called <samp><var>printer</var>.cfg</samp>
on MS-DOS, but <samp>config.ps</samp> is called by that name on all
platforms.)
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>TEXPICTS</code>
<a name="index-TEXPICTS"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>Path to search for included graphics files. Overrides the ‘<samp>S</samp>’
config file option (see <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>). If not set,
<code>TEXINPUTS</code> is looked for. See <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Supported-file-formats">Supported file formats</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<hr>
<a name="Config-files"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Environment-variables" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Environment variables</a>, Up: <a href="#Invoking-Dvips" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking Dvips</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Dvips-configuration-files"></a>
<h3 class="section">3.4 Dvips configuration files</h3>
<a name="index-configuration-files"></a>
<p>This section describes in detail the Dvips-specific <samp>config.*</samp>
device configuration files (called <samp>*.cfg</samp> on MS-DOS), which
override the <samp>texmf.cnf</samp>
configuration files generic to Kpathsea which Dvips also reads
(see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Config-files">Config files</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>).
</p>
<p>For information about installing these files, including a prototype file
you can copy, see <a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a>.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Configuration-file-searching" accesskey="1">Configuration file searching</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Where config.* files are searched for.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Configuration-file-commands" accesskey="2">Configuration file commands</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">What can go in a config.* file.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Configuration-file-searching"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Configuration-file-commands" accesskey="n" rel="next">Configuration file commands</a>, Up: <a href="#Config-files" accesskey="u" rel="up">Config files</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Configuration-file-searching-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">3.4.1 Configuration file searching</h4>
<a name="index-configuration-file-searching"></a>
<a name="index-searching-config-files_002c-order-of"></a>
<p>The Dvips program loads many different configuration files, so that
parameters can be set globally across the system, on a per-device basis,
or individually by each user.
</p>
<ol>
<li> <a name="index-config_002eps_002c-searched-for"></a>
Dvips first reads (if it exists) <samp>config.ps</samp>; it is searched for
along the path for Dvips configuration files, as described in
<a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Supported-file-formats">Supported file formats</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</li><li> <a name="index-_002edvipsrc_002c-searched-for"></a>
A user-specific startup file is loaded, so individual users can override
any options set in the global file. The environment variable
<code>DVIPSRC</code>, if defined, is used as the specification of the startup
file. If this variable is undefined, Dvips uses a platform-specific
default name. On Unix Dvips looks for the default startup file under
the name <samp>$HOME/.dvipsrc</samp>, which is in the user’s home directory.
On MS-DOS and MS-Windows, where users generally don’t have their private
directories, the startup file is called <samp>dvips.ini</samp> and it is
searched for along the path for Dvips configuration files (as described
in <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Supported-file-formats">Supported file formats</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.); users are
expected to set this path as they see fit for their taste.
</li><li> <a name="index-_002dPprinter_002c-and-config-file-searching"></a>
The command line is read and parsed: if the ‘<samp>-P<var>device</var></samp>’ option
is encountered, at that point <samp>config.<var>device</var></samp> is loaded.
Thus, the printer configuration file can override anything in the
site-wide or user configuration file, and it can also override options
in the command line up to the point that the ‘<samp>-P</samp>’ option was
encountered. (On MS-DOS, the printer configuration files are called
<samp><var>device</var>.cfg</samp>, since DOS doesn’t allow more than 3 characters
after the dot in filenames.)
</li><li> <a name="index-PRINTER_002c-and-config-file-searching"></a>
If no ‘<samp>-P</samp>’ option was specified, and also the ‘<samp>-o</samp>’ and
‘<samp>-f</samp>’ command line options were not used, Dvips checks the
environment variable <code>PRINTER</code>. If it exists, then
<samp>config.<var>$PRINTER</var></samp> (<samp><var>$PRINTER</var>.cfg</samp> on MS-DOS) is
loaded (if it exists).
</li></ol>
<p>Because the <samp>.dvipsrc</samp> file is read before the printer-specific
configuration files, individual users cannot override settings in the
latter. On the other hand, the <code>TEXCONFIG</code> path can be set to
anything, so the users can always define their own printer-specific
configuration files to be found before the system’s.
</p>
<p>A few command-line options are treated specially, in that they are not
overridden by configuration files:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>‘<samp>-D</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>As well as setting the resolution, this unsets the mode, if the mode was
previously set from a configuration file. If <samp>config.$PRINTER</samp> is
read, however, any ‘<samp>D</samp>’ or ‘<samp>M</samp>’ lines from there will take
effect.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-mode</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>This overrides any mode setting (‘<samp>M</samp>’ line) in configuration files.
‘<samp>-mode</samp>’ does not affect the resolution.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-o</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>This overrides any output setting (‘<samp>o</samp>’ line) in configuration files.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The purpose of these special cases is to (1) minimize the chance of
having a mismatched mode and resolution (which ‘<samp>mktexpk</samp>’ cannot
resolve), and (2) let command-line options override config files where
possible.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Configuration-file-commands"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Configuration-file-searching" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Configuration file searching</a>, Up: <a href="#Config-files" accesskey="u" rel="up">Config files</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Configuration-file-commands-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">3.4.2 Configuration file commands</h4>
<a name="index-configuration-file-options"></a>
<a name="index-Dvips-configuration-file-options"></a>
<p>Most of the configuration file commands are similar to corresponding
command line options, but there are a few exceptions. When they are the
same, we omit the description here.
</p>
<p>As with command line options, many may be turned off by suffixing the
letter with a zero (‘<samp>0</samp>’).
</p>
<a name="index-comments_002c-in-configuration-files"></a>
<a name="index-continuation-lines_002c-not-supported"></a>
<p>Within a configuration file, empty lines, and lines starting with a
space, asterisk, equal sign, percent sign, or pound sign are ignored.
There is no provision for continuation lines.
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>‘<samp>@ <var>name hsize vsize</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_0040-config-command-_0028define-paper-sizes_0029"></a>
<p>Define paper sizes. See <a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>a*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-a-config-command-_0028conserve-memory_0029"></a>
<p>Memory conservation. Same as ‘<samp>-a</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>b <var>#copies</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-b-config-command-_0028_0023copies_0029"></a>
<p>Multiple copies. Same as ‘<samp>-b</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>c <var>filename</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-c-config-command-_0028include-another-config-file_0029"></a>
<p>Include <var>filename</var> as an additional configuration file, read
immediately.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>D <var>dpi</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-D-config-command-_0028dpi_0029"></a>
<p>Output resolution. Same as ‘<samp>-D</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>e <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-e-config-command-_0028maxdrift_0029"></a>
<p>Max drift. Same as ‘<samp>-e</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>E <var>command</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-E-config-command-_0028shell-escape_0029"></a>
<a name="index-system-in-config-file"></a>
<a name="index-datestamp_002c-in-output"></a>
<a name="index-shell-escape_002c-in-config-file"></a>
<p>Executes the command listed with <code>system</code>(3); can be used to get
the current date into a header file for inclusion, for instance.
Possibly dangerous; this may be disabled, in which case a warning will
be printed if the option is used (and warnings are not suppressed).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>f*</samp>’</dt>
<dt>‘<samp>F</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-f-config-command-_0028filter_0029"></a>
<a name="index-F-config-command-_0028filter_0029"></a>
<p>Run as a filter. Same as ‘<samp>-f</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>G*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-G-config-command-_0028character-shifting_0029"></a>
<p>Shift low-numbered characters; obsolete. Same as ‘<samp>-G</samp>’,
see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>h <var>header</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-h-config-command-_0028download-additional-header_0029"></a>
<p>Prepend <var>header</var> to output. Same as ‘<samp>h-</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>H <var>path</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-H-config-command-_0028PostScript-header-path_0029"></a>
<a name="index-header-path_002c-defining"></a>
<a name="index-DVIPSHEADERS_002c-overrides-H"></a>
<p>Use <var>path</var> to search for PostScript header files. The environment
variable <code>DVIPSHEADERS</code> overrides this.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>i <var>n</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-i-config-command-_0028pages_002fsection_0029"></a>
<p>Make multiple output files. Same as ‘<samp>-i -S <var>n</var></samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>j*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-j-config-command-_0028partial-font-downloading_0029"></a>
<p>Partially download Type 1 fonts. Same as ‘<samp>-j</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>K*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-K-config-command-_0028comment-removal_0029"></a>
<p>Remove comments from included PostScript files. Same as ‘<samp>-K</samp>’,
see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>L*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-L-config-command-_0028last-paper-size-wins_0029"></a>
<p>If zero, the first paper size specified is effective, else the last.
Same as ‘<samp>-L</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>m <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-m-config-command-_0028available-memory_0029"></a>
<a name="index-memory-available"></a>
<a name="index-printer-memory"></a>
<p>Declare <var>num</var> as the memory available for fonts and strings in the
printer. The compile-time default is 180000, but this is typically
overridden by <samp>config.ps</samp> or other configuration files. This
value must be accurate if memory conservation and document splitting
is to work correctly. To determine this value, send the following
file to the printer:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">%! Hey, we're PostScript
/Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont 144 432 moveto
vmstatus exch sub 40 string cvs show pop showpage
</pre></div>
<p>The number printed by this file is the total memory free; it is usually
best to tell Dvips that the printer has slightly less memory, because
many programs download permanent macros that can reduce the memory in
the printer. Some systems or printers can dynamically increase the
memory available to a PostScript interpreter, in which case this file
might return a ridiculously low number; for example, the NeXT computer
and Ghostscript. In these cases, a value of, say, 10 million is
likely fine.
</p>
<p>To go all out: If <var>num</var> is zero or negative, Dvips sets the
available memory to a very large number (the maximum integer value in
C), the idea being that output is not to a printer and thus no
splitting of the output is desirable. The Dvips config file
<samp>config.maxmem</samp> is provided to do this conveniently, namely with
‘<samp>dvips -Pmaxmem</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>M <var>mode</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-M-config-command-_0028mf-mode_0029"></a>
<p>Metafont mode. Same as ‘<samp>-mode</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>N*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-N--config-command-_0028disable-EPS_0029"></a>
<p>Disable structured comments. Beware: This also turns off displaying
page numbers or changing to specific pagenumbers in PostScript viewers.
Same as ‘<samp>-N</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>o <var>name</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-o-config-command-_0028output-destination_0029"></a>
<a name="index-output-file_002c-setting"></a>
<p>Send output to <var>name</var>. Same as ‘<samp>-o</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
In the file <samp>config.foo</samp>, a setting like this is probably
appropriate:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">o |lpr -Pfoo
</pre></div>
<p>The MS-DOS version will emulate spooling to <code>lpr</code> by printing to
the local printer device <samp>PRN</samp> if it doesn’t find an executable
program by that name in the current directory or along the <code>PATH</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>O <var>xoff</var>,<var>yoff</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-O-config-command-_0028page-offsets_0029"></a>
<p>Origin offset. Same as ‘<samp>-O</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>p <span class="roman">[+]</span><var>name</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-p-config-command-_0028font-aliases_0029"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-font-alias-file-1"></a>
<a name="index-resident-fonts_002c-different-in-different-printers-1"></a>
<a name="index-_002bpsmapfile"></a>
<p>Examine <var>name</var> for PostScript font aliases. Default is
<samp>psfonts.map</samp>. This option allows you to specify different resident
fonts that different printers may have. If <var>name</var> starts with a
‘<samp>+</samp>’ character, then the rest of the name (after any leading spaces)
is used as an additional map file; thus, it is possible to have local
map files pointed to by local configuration files that append to the
global map file. This can be used for font families.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>P <var>path</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-P-config-command-_0028PK-path_0029"></a>
<a name="index-PKFONTS_002c-overrides-P"></a>
<a name="index-TEXPKS_002c-overrides-P"></a>
<a name="index-GLYPHFONTS_002c-overrides-P"></a>
<a name="index-TEXFONTS_002c-overrides-P"></a>
<p>Use <var>path</var> to search for bitmap PK font files is <var>path</var>. The
<code>PKFONTS</code>, <code>TEXPKS</code>, <code>GLYPHFONTS</code>, and <code>TEXFONTS</code>
environment variables override this. See <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Supported-file-formats">Supported file formats</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>q*</samp>’</dt>
<dt>‘<samp>Q</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-q-config-command-_0028quiet_0029"></a>
<a name="index-Q-config-command-_0028quiet_0029"></a>
<p>Run quietly. Same as ‘<samp>-q</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>r*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-r-config-command-_0028page-reversal_0029"></a>
<p>Page reversal. Same as ‘<samp>-r</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>R <var>num1 num2 …</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-R-config-command-_0028fallback-resolution_0029"></a>
<a name="index-fallback-resolutions"></a>
<a name="index-default-resolutions"></a>
<a name="index-last_002dresort-scaling_002c-with-R"></a>
<p>Define the list of default resolutions for PK fonts. If a font size
actually used in a document is not available and cannot be created,
Dvips will scale the font found at the closest of these resolutions to
the requested size, using PostScript scaling. The resulting output may
be ugly, and thus a warning is issued. To turn this last-resort scaling
off, use a line with just the ‘<samp>R</samp>’ and no numbers.
</p>
<p>The given numbers must be sorted in increasing order; any number smaller
than the preceding one is ignored. This is because it is better to
scale a font up than down; scaling down can obliterate small features in
the character shape.
</p>
<a name="index-DVIPSSIZES_002c-overrides-R"></a>
<a name="index-TEXSIZES_002c-overrides-R"></a>
<p>The environment and config file values ‘<samp>DVIPSSIZES</samp>’ or
‘<samp>TEXSIZES</samp>’ override this configuration file setting.
</p>
<a name="index-default_005ftexsizes-Make-variable"></a>
<p>If no ‘<samp>R</samp>’ settings or environment variables are specified, a list
compiled in during installation is used. This default list is defined by
the Makefile variable ‘<samp>default_texsizes</samp>’, defined in the file
<samp>make/paths.make</samp>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>s*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-s-config-command-_0028global-save_002frestore_0029"></a>
<p>Output global save/restore. Same as ‘<samp>-s</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>S <var>path</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-S-config-command-_0028pict-path_0029"></a>
<a name="index-TEXPICTS_002c-overrides-S"></a>
<a name="index-TEXINPUTS_002c-overrides-S"></a>
<p>Use <var>path</var> to search for special illustrations (Encapsulated
PostScript files or psfiles). The <code>TEXPICTS</code> and then
<code>TEXINPUTS</code> environment variables override this.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>T <var>path</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-T-config-command-_0028TFM-path_0029"></a>
<a name="index-TFMFONTS_002c-overrides-T"></a>
<a name="index-TEXFONTS_002c-overrides-T"></a>
<p>Use <var>path</var> to search for TFM files. The <code>TFMFONTS</code> and then
<code>TEXFONTS</code> environment variables overrides this. This path is used
for resident fonts and fonts that can’t otherwise be found.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>U*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-U-config-command-_0028Xerox-4045_0029"></a>
<p>Work around bug in Xerox 4045 printer. Same as ‘<samp>-U</samp>’, see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>V <var>path</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-V-config-command-_0028vf-path_0029"></a>
<a name="index-virtual-font-path"></a>
<a name="index-device-dependency_002c-and-virtual-fonts"></a>
<p>Use <var>path</var> to search for virtual font files. This may be
device-dependent if you use virtual fonts to simulate actual fonts on
different devices.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>W <span class="roman">[<var>string</var>]</span></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-W-config-command-_0028emit-warning_0029"></a>
<a name="index-warning-messages_002c-defining"></a>
<p>If <var>string</var> is supplied, write it to standard error after reading
all the configuration files; with no <var>string</var>, cancel any previous
‘<samp>W</samp>’ message. This is useful in the default configuration file to
remind users to specify a printer, for instance, or to notify users
about special characteristics of a particular printer.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>X <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-X-config-command-_0028horizontal-resolution_0029"></a>
<p>Horizontal resolution. Same as ‘<samp>-X</samp>’ (see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>Y <var>num</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-Y-config-command-_0028vertical-resolution_0029"></a>
<p>Vertical resolution. Same as ‘<samp>-Y</samp>’ (see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>Z*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-Z-config-command-_0028compress-fonts_0029"></a>
<p>Compress bitmap fonts. Same as ‘<samp>-Z</samp>’ (see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>z*</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-z-config-command-_0028secure-mode_0029"></a>
<p>Disables execution of system commands, like ‘<samp>-R</samp>’
(see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>). If ‘<samp>-R</samp>’ is specified
on the command line, that takes precedence.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<hr>
<a name="Paper-size-and-landscape"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript" accesskey="n" rel="next">Interaction with PostScript</a>, Previous: <a href="#Invoking-Dvips" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Invoking Dvips</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Paper-size-and-landscape-orientation"></a>
<h2 class="chapter">4 Paper size and landscape orientation</h2>
<a name="index-paper-size_002c-general"></a>
<p>Most TeX documents at a particular site are designed to use the
local standard paper size (letter size in the United States, A4
elsewhere). The Dvips program can be customized either sitewide or
for a particular printer.
</p>
<a name="index-landscape-orientation_002c-defined"></a>
<a name="index-portrait-orientation_002c-defined"></a>
<p>On the other hand, plenty of documents are designed for other paper
sizes. For instance, you may want to design a document that has the
long edge of the paper horizontal. This can be useful when
typesetting booklets, brochures, complex tables, or many other
documents. This type of paper orientation is called <em>landscape</em>
orientation (the default orientation is called <em>portrait</em>).
Alternatively, a document might be designed for ledger or A3 paper.
</p>
<p>Since the intended paper size in these cases is a document design
decision, not a printing decision, such information should be given in
the TeX file and not on the Dvips command line. For this reason,
Dvips supports a ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special. It is hoped that this
special will become standard over time for TeX previewers and other
printer drivers.
</p>
<p>Some LaTeX packages, e.g., ‘<samp>hyperref.sty</samp>’, write a
‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special into the DVI file. In this case, you need
not and should not attempt to override it manually.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#papersize-special" accesskey="1">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Specifying the paper size in TeX.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes" accesskey="2">Config file paper sizes</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Specifying printer- and site-specific sizes.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Paper-trays" accesskey="3">Paper trays</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Changing paper trays automatically.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="papersize-special"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes" accesskey="n" rel="next">Config file paper sizes</a>, Up: <a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape" accesskey="u" rel="up">Paper size and landscape</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="papersize-special-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">4.1 ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</h3>
<a name="index-papersize-special"></a>
<p>The format of the ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special is
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{papersize=<var>width</var>,<var>height</var>}
</pre></div>
<p><var>width</var> is the horizontal size of the page, and <var>height</var> is the
vertical size. The dimensions supported are the same as for TeX;
namely, in (inches), cm (centimeters), mm (millimeters), pt (points), sp
(scaled points), bp (big points, the same as the default PostScript
unit), pc (picas), dd (didot points), and cc (ciceros).
</p>
<a name="index-landscape_002c-as-_005cspecial"></a>
<p>For a US letter size landscape document, the ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ would be:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{papersize=11in,8.5in}
</pre></div>
<p>An alternate specification of <code>landscape</code>:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{landscape}
</pre></div>
<p>This is supported for backward compatibility, but it is hoped that
reventually the ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ comment will dominate.
</p>
<p>Of course, such a <code>\special</code> only informs Dvips of the desired
paper size; you must also adjust <code>\hsize</code> and <code>\vsize</code> in your
TeX document typeset to those dimensions.
</p>
<a name="index-unknown_002c-paper-format-for-_002dt"></a>
<p>When using the ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special, you generally should not also
specify <code>-t</code> on the command line (see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>). The
exception is when using a nonstandard paper size that isn’t
predefined; in this case, use <code>-t unknown</code>.
</p>
<p>The ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special must occur somewhere on the first page of
the document. Some packages, notably ‘<samp>hyperref</samp>’, insert this special.
</p>
<p>By default, if a DVI file contains multiple ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ specials,
the last one wins; this is also the behavior of the <code>dvipdfmx</code>
driver. If the <code>-L0</code> command line option or <code>L0</code> config
file command is specified, the first special wins—this was the
behavior of Dvips prior to the 2017 release.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Config-file-paper-sizes"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Paper-trays" accesskey="n" rel="next">Paper trays</a>, Previous: <a href="#papersize-special" accesskey="p" rel="prev">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a>, Up: <a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape" accesskey="u" rel="up">Paper size and landscape</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Configuration-file-paper-size-command"></a>
<h3 class="section">4.2 Configuration file paper size command</h3>
<a name="index-paper-size-configuration-file-command"></a>
<a name="index-configuration-file-paper-size-command"></a>
<p>The ‘<samp>@</samp>’ command in a configuration file sets the paper size
defaults and options. The first ‘<samp>@</samp>’ command defines the default
paper size. It has three possible parameters:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@ <span class="roman">[</span><var>name</var> <span class="roman">[</span><var>hsize</var> <var>vsize</var><span class="roman">]]</span>
</pre></div>
<p>If ‘<samp>@</samp>’ is specified on a line by itself, with no parameters, it
instructs Dvips to discard all previous paper size information (possibly
from another configuration file).
</p>
<p>If three parameters are given, with the first parameter being a name and
the second and third being a dimension (as in ‘<samp>8.5in</samp>’ or
‘<samp>3.2cc</samp>’, just like in the ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special), then the
option is interpreted as starting a new paper size description, where
<var>name</var> is the name and <var>hsize</var> and <var>vsize</var> define the
horizontal and vertical size of the sheet of paper, respectively. For
example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@ letterSize 8.5in 11in
</pre></div>
<p>If both <var>hsize</var> and <var>vsize</var> are zero (you must still specify
units!) then any page size will match. If the ‘<samp>@</samp>’ character is
immediately followed by a ‘<samp>+</samp>’ sign, then the remainder of the line
(after skipping any leading blanks) is treated as PostScript code to
send to the printer, presumably to select that particular paper size:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@ letter 8.5in 11in
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter
@+ letter
@+ %%EndPaperSize
</pre></div>
<p>After all that, if the first character of the line is an exclamation
point, then the line is put in the initial comments section of the final
output file; else, it is put in the setup section of the output file.
For example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">@ legal 8.5in 14in
@+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: Legal
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Legal
@+ legal
@+ %%EndPaperSize
</pre></div>
<p>When Dvips has a paper format name given on the command line, it looks
for a match by the <var>name</var>; when it has a ‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special,
it looks for a match by dimensions. The best match found (from the
paper size information in the configuration file) is used. The
dimensions must match within 5bp.
</p>
<p>If nothing matches, a warning is printed and the first paper size with
zero dimensions is used; this should be the <code>unknown</code> paper size
definition mentioned below, resulting in the actual dimensions being
used.
</p>
<p>Landscape mode for all paper sizes is automatically supported.
</p>
<p>If your printer has a command to set a special paper size, then give
dimensions of ‘<samp>0in 0in</samp>’; the PostScript code that sets the paper
size can refer to the dimensions the user requested as ‘<samp>hsize</samp>’
and ‘<samp>vsize</samp>’; these will be macros defined in the PostScript that
return the requested size in default PostScript units. Also, some
printers want ‘<samp>BeginPaperSize</samp>’ comments and paper size setting
commands; others (such as the NeXT) want ‘<samp>PaperSize</samp>’ comments and
they will handle setting the paper size. So paper size entries should
typically specify both.
</p>
<a name="index-unknown_002c-paper-format-for-_002dt-1"></a>
<p>When using a paper size that is not already defined in
<samp>config.ps</samp>, you probably want to say ‘<samp>-t unknown</samp>’ on
the command line; the <code>unknown</code> paper size definition in
<samp>config.ps</samp> has the requisite PostScript incantation to set the
PostScript page size, as just described.
</p>
<a name="index-nopaper_002c-paper-format-for-_002dt"></a>
<p>If you want no paper size information in the output at all, use
‘<samp>-t nopaper</samp>’. This is useful with multi-page output that
will be processed further. If you just have a single page document,
you can use ‘<samp>-E</samp>’ to get pure EPSF output.
</p>
<a name="index-mkdvipspapers"></a>
<p>The Perl 5 script <samp>contrib/configs/mkdvipspapers</samp> in the
distribution directory may help in determining appropriate paper size
definitions.
</p>
<a name="index-config_002eps-paper-sizes"></a>
<a name="index-letter-paper-size"></a>
<a name="index-a4-paper-size"></a>
<p>Notwithstanding the above, the default <code>letter</code> and <code>a4</code>
paper size definitions in <samp>config.ps</samp> execute the
<code>setpagedevice</code> operator if it exists (it was defined in
PostScript Level 2), or the ‘<samp>letter</samp>’ or ‘<samp>a4</samp>’ operator
if they exist (they are nonstandard and thus perhaps cause failures on
certain (unknown) printers). Not executing any page size definition
at all confuses PostScript conversion programs such as
<code>ps2pdf</code>, so we want to execute one if we can.
</p>
<a name="index-letterSize-paper-size"></a>
<a name="index-A4size-paper-size"></a>
<p>The <code>letterSize</code> and <code>A4Size</code> paper size definitions are now
synonyms for <code>letter</code> and <code>a4</code>.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Paper-trays"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Config file paper sizes</a>, Up: <a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape" accesskey="u" rel="up">Paper size and landscape</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Paper-trays-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">4.3 Paper trays</h3>
<a name="index-paper-trays"></a>
<a name="index-dual-paper-trays"></a>
<a name="index-multiple-paper-trays"></a>
<a name="index-HP4Si-printer-and-paper-trays"></a>
<a name="index-bop_002dhook"></a>
<p>Some printers, such as the Hewlett-Packard HP4si, have multiple paper
trays. You can set up Dvips to take advantage of this using the
<code>bop-hook</code> PostScript variable (see <a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a>).
</p>
<a name="index-letterhead-tray"></a>
<p>For example, suppose you have an alternate tray stocked with letterhead
paper; the usual tray has the usual paper. You have a document where
you want the first page printed on letterhead, and the remaining pages
on the usual paper. You can create a header file, say
<samp>firstletterhead.PS</samp>, with the following (PostScript) code
(<code>bop-hook</code> is passed the current physical page number, which
starts at zero):
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">/bop-hook { dup 0 eq { <var>alternatetray</var> } { <var>normaltray</var> } ifelse } def
</pre></div>
<p>where <var>alternatetray</var> and <var>normaltray</var> are the appropriate
commands to select the paper trays. On the 4SI, <var>alternatetray</var> is
‘<samp>statusdict begin 1 setpapertray end</samp>’ and <var>normaltray</var> is
‘<samp>statusdict begin 0 setpapertray end</samp>’.
</p>
<p>Then, include the file with either
</p><ul>
<li> the ‘<samp>-h</samp>’ command-line option (see <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>); or
</li><li> the ‘<samp>h</samp>’ config file option (see <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>); or
</li><li> ‘<samp>\special{header=<var>file</var>}</samp>’ in your TeX document
(see <a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a>).
</li></ul>
<hr>
<a name="Interaction-with-PostScript"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#PostScript-fonts" accesskey="n" rel="next">PostScript fonts</a>, Previous: <a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Paper size and landscape</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Interaction-with-PostScript-1"></a>
<h2 class="chapter">5 Interaction with PostScript</h2>
<a name="index-interaction-with-PostScript"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-interaction"></a>
<p>Dvips supports inclusion of PostScript figure files (e.g., Encapsulated
PostScript), downloading other header files (e.g., fonts), including
literal PostScript code, and hypertext.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="1">PostScript figures</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Including an Encapsulated PostScript figure.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Header-files" accesskey="2">Header files</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Downloading extra definitions.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="3">Literal PS</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Writing literal PostScript code.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Hypertext" accesskey="4">Hypertext</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Producing HyperPostScript to make PDF.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="PostScript-figures"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Header-files" accesskey="n" rel="next">Header files</a>, Up: <a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript" accesskey="u" rel="up">Interaction with PostScript</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="PostScript-figures-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">5.1 PostScript figures</h3>
<p>Scaling and including PostScript graphics is a breeze—if the PostScript
file is correctly formed. Even if it is not, however, the file can usually
be accommodated with just a little more work.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Bounding-box" accesskey="1">Bounding box</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The %%BoundingBox EPS comment.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics" accesskey="2">\includegraphics</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The LaTeX \includegraphics macro.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#EPSF-macros" accesskey="3">EPSF macros</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Including the file in TeX.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#psfile-special" accesskey="4">psfile special</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The basic special.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics" accesskey="5">Dynamic creation of graphics</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Handling compressed or generated figures.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Fonts-in-figures" accesskey="6">Fonts in figures</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The %*Font comment.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Bounding-box"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics" accesskey="n" rel="next">\includegraphics</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript figures</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="The-bounding-box-comment"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.1.1 The bounding box comment</h4>
<a name="index-bounding-box_002c-comment-for"></a>
<p>The most important feature of a good PostScript file from the standpoint
of including it in another document is an accurate bounding box comment.
Every well-formed PostScript file has a comment describing where on the
page the graphic is located, and how big that graphic is.
</p>
<a name="index-big-points"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-units"></a>
<a name="index-bounding-box_002c-defined"></a>
<p>This information is given as the lower left and upper right corners of
the box just enclosing the graphic, and is thus referred to as the
<em>bounding box</em>. These coordinates are given in the default
PostScript units (there are precisely 72 PostScript units to the inch,
like TeX big points) with respect to the lower left corner of the
sheet of paper.
</p>
<a name="index-_0025_0025BoundingBox"></a>
<p>To see if a PostScript file has a bounding box comment, just look at the
first few lines of the file. PostScript files are standard ASCII, so
you can use any text editor to do this. If within the first few dozen
lines there is a line like
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">%%BoundingBox: 25 50 400 300
</pre></div>
<p>(with any reasonable numbers), chances are very good that the file is
Encapsulated PostScript and will work easily with Dvips. If the file
contains instead a line like
</p>
<a name="index-atend_002c-bounding-box-specification"></a>
<a name="index-_0028atend_0029_002c-bounding-box-specification"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">%%BoundingBox: (atend)
</pre></div>
<p>the file is still probably Encapsulated PostScript, but the bounding box
is given at the end of the file. Dvips needs it at the beginning. You
can move it with that same text editor, or a simple script. (The
bounding box is given in this way when the program that generated the
PostScript couldn’t know the size in advance, or was too lazy to compute
it.)
</p>
<a name="index-bbfig"></a>
<a name="index-bounding-box_002c-determining"></a>
<p>If the document lacks a ‘<samp>%%BoundingBox:</samp>’ altogether, you can
determine one in a couple of ways. One is to use the ‘<samp>bbfig</samp>’
program distributed with Dvips in the <samp>contrib</samp> directory. This can
usually find the correct bounding box automatically; it works best with
Ghostscript.
</p>
<a name="index-612-792-bounding-box-size"></a>
<p>If the comment looks like this:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
</pre></div>
<p>the graphic claims to take up an entire sheet of paper. This is
usually a symptom of a bug in the program that generated it.
</p>
<p>The other is to do it yourself: print the file. Now, take a ruler, and
make the following measurements (in PostScript units, so measure in
inches and multiply by 72): From the left edge of the paper to the
leftmost mark on the paper is <var>llx</var>, the first number. From the
bottom edge of the paper to the bottommost mark on the paper is
<var>lly</var>, the second number. From the left edge of the paper to the
rightmost mark on the paper is <var>urx</var>, the third number. The fourth
and final number, <var>ury</var>, is the distance from the bottom of the page
to the uppermost mark on the paper.
</p>
<p>Once you have the numbers, add a comment of the following form as the
second line of the document. (The first line should already be a line
starting with the two characters ‘<samp>%!</samp>’; if it is not, the file
probably isn’t PostScript.)
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">%%BoundingBox: <var>llx</var> <var>lly</var> <var>urx</var> <var>ury</var>
</pre></div>
<p>Or, if you don’t want to modify the file, you can simply write these
numbers down in a convenient place and give them in your TeX document
when you import the graphic, as described in the next section.
</p>
<p>If the document does not have such a bounding box, or if the bounding
box is given at the end of the document, or the bounding box is wrong,
please complain to the authors of the software package that generated
the file.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="g_t_005cincludegraphics"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#EPSF-macros" accesskey="n" rel="next">EPSF macros</a>, Previous: <a href="#Bounding-box" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Bounding box</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript figures</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="The-_005cincludegraphics-macro-for-LaTeX"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.1.2 The \includegraphics macro for LaTeX</h4>
<a name="index-_005cincludegraphics-LaTeX-macro"></a>
<a name="index-macros-for-epsf-inclusion"></a>
<p>Once the figure file has a bounding box comment (see the previous
section) you are ready to import the graphic into a LaTeX
document. For LaTeX 2e, you can use the epsf, graphics or graphicx
packages, but the last is recommended—it has the most flexible
syntax, and is briefly described here. Further information can be
found in <samp>grfguide</samp> or <samp>epslatex</samp>, which should be included
in your LaTeX distribution in DVI, PDF, or other formats. (If you
are still using LaTeX 2.09, use epsf.sty).
</p>
<p>Just put the following command into your preamble:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
</pre></div>
<p>Depending on your system, a suitable driver setup may already be
present, so that LaTeX automatically produces DVI files suitable for
Dvips. In this case you can leave out the ‘<samp>[dvips]</samp>’ parameter.
</p>
<p>Now, at the point you want to include a file <samp>foo.eps</samp>, enter a
line such as:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\includegraphics{foo.eps}
</pre></div>
<p>However, it is usually best to omit the file extension and only use
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\includegraphics{foo}
</pre></div>
<p>because then you can process the same LaTeX file with
different TeX engines or DVI converters if you also provide
suitable graphics files for them, e.g., <samp>foo.pdf</samp> or
<samp>foo.png</samp>.
</p>
<a name="index-bounding-box_002c-supplying-to-TeX"></a>
<p>The \includegraphics command has many options, specified in
‘<samp>key=value</samp>’ syntax, to allow you to resize, rotate or trim the
included graphic—see <samp>grfguide</samp> or <samp>epslatex</samp>. If your
file does not have a bounding box comment, you can supply the numbers
as determined in the previous section, in the same order they would
have been in a normal bounding box comment:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\includegraphics[bb=100 100 500 500]{foo.ps}
</pre></div>
<p>Now, save your changes and run LaTeX and Dvips; the output should
have your graphic positioned at precisely the point you indicated,
occupying the proper amount of space.
</p>
<p>PostScript graphics have their origin in the lower left
corner. Therefore, in TeX, a graphic will occupy a box that extends
far above the line where it is put in, but has depth zero below it.
Combining ‘<samp>\includegraphics</samp>’ with ‘<samp>\parbox</samp>’ commands or
minipages can sometimes be confusing when this is not taken into
account.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="EPSF-macros"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#psfile-special" accesskey="n" rel="next">psfile special</a>, Previous: <a href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics" accesskey="p" rel="prev">\includegraphics</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript figures</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Using-the-EPSF-macros"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.1.3 Using the EPSF macros</h4>
<a name="index-EPSF-macros"></a>
<a name="index-macros-for-epsf-inclusion-1"></a>
<p>If you are using LaTeX 2e, use the ‘<samp>graphics</samp>’ or ‘<samp>graphicx</samp>’
package. See <a href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics">\includegraphics</a>.
</p>
<p>If you are using plain TeX or LaTeX 2.09, you need <samp>epsf.tex</samp>
(for plain TeX) and <samp>epsf.sty</samp> (for LaTeX). For plain
TeX, add a line like this near the top of your input file:
</p>
<a name="index-epsf_002etex"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\input epsf
</pre></div>
<p><a name="index-epsf_002esty"></a>
If you are using LaTeX 2.09, add the ‘<samp>epsf</samp>’ style option, as in:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\documentstyle[12pt,epsf]{article}
</pre></div>
<p>In any case, the above only needs to be done once, no matter how many
figures you plan to include.
</p>
<p>Now, at the point you want to include a file, enter a line such as:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsffile{foo.eps}
</pre></div>
<a name="index-_005cleavevmode"></a>
<a name="index-bounding-box_002c-supplying-to-TeX-1"></a>
<p>If you are using LaTeX, you may need to add <code>\leavevmode</code>
immediately before the <code>\epsffile</code> command to get certain
environments to work correctly. If your file does not have a bounding
box comment, you can supply the numbers as determined in the previous
section, in the same order they would have been in a normal bounding box
comment:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsffile[100 100 500 500]{foo.ps}
</pre></div>
<p>Now, save your changes and run TeX and Dvips; the output should have
your graphic positioned at precisely the point you indicated, occupying
the proper amount of space.
</p>
<a name="index-_005cepsffile-macro"></a>
<a name="index-figures_002c-natural-size"></a>
<p>The <code>\epsffile</code> macro typesets the figure as a TeX <code>\vbox</code>
at the point of the page that the command is executed. By default, the
graphic will have its ‘natural’ width (namely, the width of its bounding
box). The TeX box will have depth zero and its natural height. By
default, the graphic will be scaled by any DVI magnification in effect,
just as is everything else in your document. See the next section for
more information on scaling.
</p>
<a name="index-_005cepsfverbosetrue"></a>
<a name="index-verbose-EPSF-processing"></a>
<p>If you want TeX to report the size of the figure as a message on your
terminal when it processes each figure, give the command:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsfverbosetrue
</pre></div>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#EPSF-scaling" accesskey="1">EPSF scaling</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#EPSF-clipping" accesskey="2">EPSF clipping</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="EPSF-scaling"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#EPSF-clipping" accesskey="n" rel="next">EPSF clipping</a>, Up: <a href="#EPSF-macros" accesskey="u" rel="up">EPSF macros</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="EPSF-scaling-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsubsection">5.1.3.1 EPSF scaling</h4>
<a name="index-scaling-of-figures"></a>
<a name="index-figures_002c-scaling"></a>
<p>Usually, you will want to scale an EPSF figure to some size appropriate
for your document, since its natural size is determined by the creator
of the EPS file.
</p>
<p>The best way to do this is to assign the desired size to the TeX
<code>\epsfxsize</code> or <code>\epsfysize</code> variables, whichever is more
convenient for you. That is, put
</p>
<a name="index-_005cepsfxsize"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsfxsize=<var>dimen</var>
</pre></div>
<p>right before the call to <code>\epsffile</code>. Then the width of the TeX
box will be <var>dimen</var> and its height will be scaled proportionately.
Similarly, you can set the vertical size with
</p>
<a name="index-_005cepsfysize"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsfysize=<var>dimen</var>
</pre></div>
<p>in which case the height will be set and the width scaled
proportionally.
</p>
<p>If you set both, both will be honored, but the aspect ratio of the
included graphic may necessarily be distorted, i.e., its contents
stretched in one direction or the other.
</p>
<a name="index-_005cepsfsize"></a>
<p>You can resize graphics in a more general way by redefining the
<code>\epsfsize</code> macro. <code>\epsffile</code> calls this with two
parameters: the natural horizontal and vertical sizes of the PostScript
graphic. <code>\epsfsize</code> must expand to the desired horizontal size,
that is, the width of the <code>\vbox</code>. Schematically:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\def\epsfsize#1#2{<var>body</var>}
</pre></div>
<p>Some useful definitions of <var>body</var>:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>‘<samp>\epsfxsize</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>This definition (the default) enables the default features listed above,
by setting <code>\epsfxsize</code> to the same value it had before the macro
was called.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>#1</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>Force the natural size by returning the first parameter (the original
width).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>0pt</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>A special case, equivalent to ‘<samp>#1</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>0.5#1</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>Scale to half the natural size.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>\hsize</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>Scale to the current <code>\hsize</code>. (In LaTeX, use <code>\textwidth</code>
instead of <code>\hsize</code>.)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>\ifnum#1>\hsize\hsize\else#1\fi</samp>’</dt>
<dd><p>If the natural width is greater than the current <code>\hsize</code>, scale to
<code>\hsize</code>, otherwise use the natural width.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<a name="index-DVI-magnification"></a>
<a name="index-magnification_002c-DVI"></a>
<a name="index-_005cmagnification"></a>
<p>For compatibility with other PostScript drivers, it is possible to turn
off the default scaling of included figures by the DVI magnification
with the following TeX command:
</p>
<a name="index-_002fmagscale"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{! /magscale false def}
</pre></div>
<p>Use of this command is not recommended because it will make the
<code>\epsffile</code> graphics the “wrong” size if global magnification is
being used, and it will cause any PostScript graphics to appear
improperly scaled and out of position if a DVI to DVI program is used to
scale or otherwise modify the document.
</p>
<a name="index-bop_002dhook-1"></a>
<p>DVI magnification is not applied to any output from code you write in
‘<samp>bop-hook</samp>’ or its ilk (see <a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a>),
</p>
<hr>
<a name="EPSF-clipping"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#EPSF-scaling" accesskey="p" rel="prev">EPSF scaling</a>, Up: <a href="#EPSF-macros" accesskey="u" rel="up">EPSF macros</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="EPSF-clipping-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsubsection">5.1.3.2 EPSF clipping</h4>
<a name="index-clipping-of-EPSF"></a>
<a name="index-bounding-box_002c-inaccurate"></a>
<a name="index-text-in-figures_002c-chopped-off"></a>
<a name="index-lines-in-figures_002c-wrong-width"></a>
<p>By default, clipping is disabled for included EPSF images. This is
because clipping to the bounding box dimensions often cuts off a
small portion of the figure, due to slightly inaccurate bounding
box arguments. The problem might be subtle; lines around the boundary
of the image might be half their intended width, or the tops or
bottoms of some text annotations might be sliced off. If you want to
turn clipping on, just use the command
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsfclipon
</pre></div>
<p>and to turn clipping back off, use
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsfclipoff
</pre></div>
<hr>
<a name="psfile-special"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics" accesskey="n" rel="next">Dynamic creation of graphics</a>, Previous: <a href="#EPSF-macros" accesskey="p" rel="prev">EPSF macros</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript figures</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="psfile-special-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.1.4 ‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special</h4>
<a name="index-psfile-special"></a>
<p>The basic special for file inclusion is as follows:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{psfile=<var>filename</var>.ps <span class="roman">[</span><var>key</var>=<var>value</var><span class="roman">]</span> … }
</pre></div>
<p>This downloads the PostScript file <samp><var>filename</var>.ps</samp> such that
the current point will be the origin of the PostScript coordinate
system. The optional <var>key</var><tt>=</tt><var>value</var> assignments allow you to
specify transformations on the PostScript.
</p>
<p>The possible <var>key</var>s are:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>‘<samp>hoffset</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-hoffset-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>The horizontal offset (default 0).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>voffset</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-voffset-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>The vertical offset (default 0).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>hsize</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-hsize-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>The horizontal clipping size (default 612).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>vsize</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-vsize-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>The vertical clipping size (default 792).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>hscale</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-hscale-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>The horizontal scaling factor, as a percentage (default 100).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>vscale</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-vscale-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>The vertical scaling factor, as a percentage (default 100).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>angle</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-angle-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>The rotation, in degrees (default 0).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>clip</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-clip-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>Enable clipping to the bounding box (default disabled).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>llx, lly, urx, ury</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-llx-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<a name="index-lly-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<a name="index-urx-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<a name="index-ury-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>Bounding box of the included image, just as in a <code>%%BoundingBox</code>
comment. Values are in big points, and may be fractional.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>rhi, rwi</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-rhi-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<a name="index-rwi-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"></a>
<p>Desired width and height of the resulting figure in the output, in
tenths of big points (720 to the inch); may be fractional.
</p>
<p>If both <code>rwi</code> and <code>rhi</code> are nonzero, the picture is scaled,
possibly losing aspect ratio. If only one of <code>rwi</code> and
<code>rhi</code> is nonzero, the picture is scaled, preserving aspect ratio.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The offsets and sizes are given in PostScript units (big points).
Thus, for example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{psfile=foo.ps hoffset=72 hscale=90 vscale=90}
</pre></div>
<p>will shift the graphics produced by file <samp>foo.ps</samp> right by one inch
and will draw it at 0.9 times normal size. Offsets are given relative
to the point of the special command, and are unaffected by scaling or
rotation. Rotation is counterclockwise about the origin. The order of
operations is to rotate the figure, scale it, then offset it.
</p>
<p>For compatibility with older PostScript drivers, it is possible to change
the units that ‘<samp>hscale</samp>’ and ‘<samp>vscale</samp>’ are given in. This can be
done by redefining ‘<samp>@scaleunit</samp>’
<a name="index-scaleunit"></a>
in ‘<samp>SDict</samp>’
<a name="index-SDict"></a>
by a TeX command such as
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{! /@scaleunit 1 def}
</pre></div>
<p>The ‘<samp>@scaleunit</samp>’ variable, which is by default 100, is what
‘<samp>hscale</samp>’ and ‘<samp>vscale</samp>’ are divided by to yield an absolute
scale factor.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Dynamic-creation-of-graphics"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Fonts-in-figures" accesskey="n" rel="next">Fonts in figures</a>, Previous: <a href="#psfile-special" accesskey="p" rel="prev">psfile special</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript figures</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Dynamic-creation-of-PostScript-graphics-files"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.1.5 Dynamic creation of PostScript graphics files</h4>
<a name="index-dynamic-creation-of-graphics"></a>
<a name="index-compressed-PostScript"></a>
<a name="index-uncompressing-PostScript"></a>
<p>PostScript is an excellent page description language—but it does tend
to be rather verbose. Compressing PostScript graphics files can reduce
them by factor of five or more. For this reason, if the name of an
included PostScript file ends with <samp>.Z</samp> or <samp>.gz</samp>, Dvips
automatically runs ‘<samp>gzip -d</samp>’. For example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\epsffile[72 72 540 720]{foo.ps.gz}
</pre></div>
<p>Since the results of such a command are not accessible to TeX, if you
use this facility with the <samp>epsf</samp> macros, you need to supply the
bounding box parameter yourself, as shown.
</p>
<p>More generally, if the filename parameter to one of the graphics
inclusion techniques starts with a left quote (‘<samp>`</samp>’), the parameter
is instead interpreted as a command to execute that will send the actual
file to standard output. For example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{psfile="`gnuplot foo"}
</pre></div>
<p><a name="index-gnuplot"></a>
to include the file <samp>foo</samp>. Of course, the command to be executed
can be anything, including using a file conversion utility such as
<samp>tek2ps</samp> or whatever is appropriate. This feature can be disabled
with the ‘<samp>-R</samp>’ command-line option or ‘<samp>R</samp>’ configuration option.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Fonts-in-figures"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Dynamic creation of graphics</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript figures</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Fonts-in-figures-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.1.6 Fonts in figures</h4>
<a name="index-figures-and-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-in-PostScript-figures"></a>
<a name="index-_0025_002aFont"></a>
<p>You can use any font available to TeX and Dvips within a graphics
file by putting a <code>%*Font:</code> line in the leading commentary of the
file. Schematically, this looks like:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">%*Font: <var>tfmname</var> <var>scaledbp</var> <var>designbp</var> <var>hex-start</var>:<var>hex-bitstring</var>
</pre></div>
<p>Here is the meaning of each of these elements:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><var>tfmname</var></dt>
<dd><p>The TeX TFM filename, e.g., <samp>cmr10</samp>. You can give the same
<var>tfmname</var> on more than one ‘<samp>%*Font</samp>’ line; this is useful when
the number of characters from the font used needs a longer
<var>hex-bitstring</var> (see item below) than conveniently fits on one line.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><var>scaledbp</var></dt>
<dd><p>The size at which you are using the font, in PostScript points (TeX
big points). 72bp = 72.27pt = 1in.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><var>designbp</var></dt>
<dd><p>The designsize of the font, again in PostScript points. This should
match the value in the TFM file <var>tfmname</var>. Thus, for <samp>cmr10</samp>,
it should be ‘<samp>9.96265</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><var>hex-start</var></dt>
<dd><p>The character code of the first character used from the font, specified
as two ASCII hexadecimal characters, e.g., ‘<samp>4b</samp>’ or ‘<samp>4B</samp>’ for
‘<samp>K</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><var>hex-bitstring</var></dt>
<dd><p>An arbitrary number of ASCII hexadecimal digits specifying which
characters following (and including) <var>hex-start</var> are used. This is
treated as a bitmap. For example, if your figure used the single letter
‘<samp>K</samp>’, you would use ‘<samp>4b:8</samp>’ for <var>hex-start</var> and
<var>hex-bitstring</var>. If it used ‘<samp>KLMNP</samp>’, you would use
‘<samp>4b:f4</samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>MetaPost’s output figures contain lines like this for bitmap fonts used
in a MetaPost label (see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#MetaPost">MetaPost</a> in <cite>Web2c</cite>).
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Header-files"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="n" rel="next">Literal PS</a>, Previous: <a href="#PostScript-figures" accesskey="p" rel="prev">PostScript figures</a>, Up: <a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript" accesskey="u" rel="up">Interaction with PostScript</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="PostScript-header-files"></a>
<h3 class="section">5.2 PostScript header files</h3>
<a name="index-header-files_002c-defined"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-header-files"></a>
<p><em>Header files</em> are bits of PostScript included in the output file;
generally they provide support for special features, rather than
producing any printed output themselves. You can explicitly request
downloading header files if necessary for some figure, or to achieve
some special effect.
</p>
<a name="index-psheaderdir"></a>
<a name="index-_002epro-prologue-files"></a>
<a name="index-_002elpro-long-prologue-files"></a>
<p>Dvips includes some headers on its own initiative, to implement features
such as PostScript font reencoding, bitmap font downloading, handling of
<code>\special</code>’s, and so on. These standard headers are the
<samp>.pro</samp> files (for “prologue”) in the installation directory
‘<samp>$(psheaderdir)</samp>’; they are created from the <samp>.lpro</samp> (“long
prologue”) files in the distribution by stripping
comments, squeezing blank lines, etc., for maximum efficiency. If you
want to peruse one of the standard header files, read the <samp>.lpro</samp>
version.
</p>
<a name="index-userdict_002c-and-dictionary-files"></a>
<a name="index-dictionary_002c-userdict"></a>
<p>The PostScript dictionary stack will be at the ‘<samp>userdict</samp>’ level
when header files are included.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX" accesskey="1">Including headers from TeX</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line" accesskey="2">Including headers from the command line</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage" accesskey="3">Headers and memory usage</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Including-headers-from-TeX"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line" accesskey="n" rel="next">Including headers from the command line</a>, Up: <a href="#Header-files" accesskey="u" rel="up">Header files</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Including-headers-from-TeX-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.2.1 Including headers from TeX</h4>
<a name="index-including-headers-in-TeX"></a>
<a name="index-header_003dfile-_005cspecial"></a>
<a name="index-TeX_002c-including-headers-in"></a>
<a name="index-headers_002c-including-in-TeX"></a>
<p>In order to get a particular graphic file to work, a certain font or
header file might need to be sent first. The Dvips program provides
support for this with the ‘<samp>header</samp>’ <code>\special</code>. For instance,
to ensure that <samp>foo.ps</samp> gets downloaded:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{header=foo.ps}
</pre></div>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-as-header-files"></a>
<p>As another example, if you have some PostScript code that uses a
PostScript font not built into your printer, you must download it to the
printer. If the font isn’t used elsewhere in the document, Dvips can’t
know you’ve used it, so you must include it in the same way, as in:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{header=putr.pfa}
</pre></div>
<p>to include the font definition file for Adobe Utopia Roman.
</p>
<p>The <code>header</code> also special allows for specifying some additional
code that should be inserted into the PostScript document before and after
the file itself, as follows:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{header={foo.ps} pre={pre code} post={post code}}
</pre></div>
<a name="index-before-header_002c-inserting-code"></a>
<a name="index-after-header_002c-inserting-code"></a>
<a name="index-pre-code-before-headers"></a>
<a name="index-post-code-after-headers"></a>
<p>This will insert <code>pre code</code> just before <samp>foo.ps</samp> and
<code>post code</code> just after. It is required to use the (balanced)
braces in <em>all</em> of the arguments, including the <code>header</code>,
when using this extended syntax.
</p>
<p>This allows, for instance, dynamic headers, where some of the content
depends on settings from the user in (La)TeX. Another application
is the inclusion of graphics inside the PostScript header, so that
they can be reused throughout the document, as with logs. That avoids
including the same graphic several times. This is implemented in the
<samp>graphics/graphicx-psmin</samp> package.
</p>
<p>This extended syntax has one additional feature. When Dvips finds the
extended syntax, it will also look in the installed <samp>tex/</samp>
tree(s) for the header file (<samp>foo.ps</samp> in our example), and not
only in the current directory and dvips tree as the original syntax
does. This is because common graphics may well come with packages
which are installed in the <samp>tex/</samp> tree.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Including-headers-from-the-command-line"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage" accesskey="n" rel="next">Headers and memory usage</a>, Previous: <a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Including headers from TeX</a>, Up: <a href="#Header-files" accesskey="u" rel="up">Header files</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Including-headers-from-the-command-line-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.2.2 Including headers from the command line</h4>
<a name="index-including-headers-from-the-command-line"></a>
<a name="index-command-line_002c-including-headers-from"></a>
<a name="index-headers_002c-including-from-the-command-line"></a>
<p>You can include headers when you run Dvips, as well as from your
document (see the previous section). To do this, run Dvips with the
option ‘<samp>-P <var>header</var></samp>’; this will read the file
<samp>config.<var>header</var></samp>, which in turn can specify a header file to
be downloaded with the ‘<samp>h</samp>’ option. See <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>. These files are called <samp><var>header</var>.cfg</samp> on MS-DOS.
</p>
<a name="index-duplex-printers"></a>
<a name="index-simplex-mode-on-duplex-printers"></a>
<a name="index-screen-frequencies_002c-setting"></a>
<p>You can arrange for the same file to serve as a ‘<samp>-P</samp>’ config file
and the downloadable header file, by starting the lines of PostScript
code with a space, leaving only the ‘<samp>h</samp>’ line and any comments
starting in the first column. As an example, see
<samp>contrib/volker/config.*</samp> (<samp>contrib/volker/*.cfg</samp> on MS-DOS).
(These files also perform useful functions: controlling duplex/simplex
mode on duplex printers, and setting various screen frequencies;
<samp>contrib/volker/README</samp> explains further.)
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Headers-and-memory-usage"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Including headers from the command line</a>, Up: <a href="#Header-files" accesskey="u" rel="up">Header files</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Headers-and-memory-usage-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.2.3 Headers and memory usage</h4>
<a name="index-headers-and-memory-usage"></a>
<a name="index-memory-usage_002c-and-headers"></a>
<a name="index-sections-of-output-file_002c-and-memory"></a>
<a name="index-output-file_002c-sectioning-of"></a>
<p>Dvips tries to avoid overflowing the printer’s memory by splitting the
output files into “sections” (see the ‘<samp>-i</samp>’ option in <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>). Therefore, for all header files, Dvips debits the printer VM
budget by some value. If the header file has, in its leading
commentary a line of the form
</p>
<a name="index-VMusage"></a>
<a name="index-_0025_0025VMusage"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">%%VMusage: <var>min</var> <var>max</var>
</pre></div>
<p>then <var>max</var> is used. If there is no <code>%%VMusage</code> line, then
the size (in bytes) of the header file is used as an approximation.
If you want a file to be ignored in the sectioning calculations, use
‘<samp>%%VMusage: 0 0</samp>’.
</p>
<p>Illustrations (figure files) are also checked for <code>%%VMusage</code> line.
</p>
<p>Therefore, if your document uses very large fonts or very large
included figures, Dvips might take it upon itself to split the output
into unwanted sections. If this causes problems, the simplest
solution is to use ‘<samp>dvips -Pmaxmem</samp>’, which reads the Dvips file
<samp>config.maxmem</samp>, which sets Dvips’s idea of the memory available
to a very large number. (See the ‘<samp>m</samp>’ item in <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>.)
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Literal-PS"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Hypertext" accesskey="n" rel="next">Hypertext</a>, Previous: <a href="#Header-files" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Header files</a>, Up: <a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript" accesskey="u" rel="up">Interaction with PostScript</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Literal-PostScript"></a>
<h3 class="section">5.3 Literal PostScript</h3>
<a name="index-literal-PostScript_002c-using"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-code_002c-literal"></a>
<p>You can include literal PostScript code in your document in several ways.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#g_t_0022-special" accesskey="1">" special</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">To include inline PostScript code.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#ps-special" accesskey="2">ps special</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Inline PostScript without save/restore.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Literal-headers" accesskey="3">Literal headers</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Literal PostScript for the whole document.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#PostScript-hooks" accesskey="4">PostScript hooks</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Specifying code to run in the PS interpreter.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Literal-examples" accesskey="5">Literal examples</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Neat example.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="g_t_0022-special"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#ps-special" accesskey="n" rel="next">ps special</a>, Up: <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="u" rel="up">Literal PS</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="g_t_0022-special_003a-Literal-PostScript"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.3.1 <code>"</code> special: Literal PostScript</h4>
<a name="index-_0022-special-_0028literal-PostScript_0029"></a>
<p>For simple graphics, or just for experimentation, literal PostScript
code can be included. Simply use a <code>\special</code> beginning with a
double quote character ‘<samp>"</samp>’; there is no matching closing ‘<samp>"</samp>’.
</p>
<p>For instance, the following (simple) graphic:
</p>
<p>was created by typing:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\vbox to 100bp{\vss % a bp is the same as a PostScript unit
\special{" newpath 0 0 moveto 100 100 lineto 394 0 lineto
closepath gsave 0.8 setgray fill grestore stroke}}
</pre></div>
<p>You are responsible for leaving space for such literal graphics, as with
the <code>\vbox</code> above.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="ps-special"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Literal-headers" accesskey="n" rel="next">Literal headers</a>, Previous: <a href="#g_t_0022-special" accesskey="p" rel="prev">" special</a>, Up: <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="u" rel="up">Literal PS</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="ps-special-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.3.2 ‘<samp>ps</samp>’ special</h4>
<a name="index-ps-special"></a>
<a name="index-save_002frestore_002c-and-specials"></a>
<p>Generally, Dvips encloses specials in a PostScript save/restore pair,
guaranteeing that the special will have no effect on the rest of the
document. The ‘<samp>ps</samp>’ special, however, allows you to insert literal
PostScript instructions without this protective shield; you should
understand what you’re doing (and you shouldn’t change the PostScript
graphics state unless you are willing to take the consequences). This
command can take many forms because it has had a torturous history; any
of the following will work:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{ps:<var>text</var>}
\special{ps::<var>text</var>}
\special{ps::[begin]<var>text</var>}
\special{ps::[end]<var>text</var>}
\special{ps::[nobreak]<var>text</var>}
</pre></div>
<p>(with longer forms taking precedence over shorter forms, when they are
present). ‘<samp>ps::</samp>’ and ‘<samp>ps::[end]</samp>’ do no positioning, so they
can be used to continue PostScript literals started with ‘<samp>ps:</samp>’ or
‘<samp>ps::[begin]</samp>’.
</p>
<p>Literal PostScript instructions after ‘<samp>ps::[nobreak]</samp>’ are
<em>not</em> broken into lines. This feature may be used to include
PostScript comments, for example.
</p>
<a name="index-plotfile_002c-ps-subspecial"></a>
<p>In addition, the variant
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{ps: plotfile <var>filename</var>}
</pre></div>
<p><a name="index-rotate_002etex"></a>
inserts the contents of <var>filename</var> verbatim into the output (except
for omitting lines that begin with %). An example of the proper use of
literal specials can be found in the file <samp>rotate.tex</samp>, which makes
it easy to typeset text turned in multiples of 90 degrees.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Literal-headers"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#PostScript-hooks" accesskey="n" rel="next">PostScript hooks</a>, Previous: <a href="#ps-special" accesskey="p" rel="prev">ps special</a>, Up: <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="u" rel="up">Literal PS</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Literal-headers_003a-_0021-_005cspecial"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.3.3 Literal headers: ‘<samp>!</samp>’ <code>\special</code></h4>
<a name="index-literal-headers"></a>
<a name="index-SDict-dictionary"></a>
<a name="index-_0021-special-_0028literal-PS-header_0029"></a>
<a name="index-dictionary_002c-SDict"></a>
<p>You can download literal PostScript header code in your TeX document,
for use with (for example) literal graphics code that you include later.
The text of a <code>\special</code> beginning with an ‘<samp>!</samp>’ is copied into
the output file. A dictionary <code>SDict</code> will be current when this
code is executed; Dvips arranges for <code>SDict</code> to be first on the
dictionary stack when any PostScript graphic is included, whether
literally (the ‘<samp>"</samp>’ special) or through macros (e.g.,
<samp>epsf.tex</samp>).
</p>
<p>For example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{! /reset { 0 0 moveto} def}
</pre></div>
<hr>
<a name="PostScript-hooks"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Literal-examples" accesskey="n" rel="next">Literal examples</a>, Previous: <a href="#Literal-headers" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Literal headers</a>, Up: <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="u" rel="up">Literal PS</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="PostScript-hooks-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.3.4 PostScript hooks</h4>
<a name="index-PostScript-hooks"></a>
<p>Besides including literal PostScript at a particular place in your
document (as described in the previous section), you can also arrange to
execute arbitrary PostScript code at particular times while the
PostScript is printing.
</p>
<a name="index-bop_002dhook-2"></a>
<a name="index-eop_002dhook"></a>
<a name="index-start_002dhook"></a>
<a name="index-end_002dhook"></a>
<p>If any of the PostScript names <code>bop-hook</code>, <code>eop-hook</code>,
<code>start-hook</code>, or <code>end-hook</code> are defined in <code>userdict</code>,
they will be executed at the beginning of a page, end of a page, start
of the document, and end of a document, respectively.
</p>
<a name="index-draft-copies"></a>
<a name="index-dated-output"></a>
<p>When these macros are executed, the default PostScript coordinate system
and origin is in effect. Such macros can be defined in headers added by
the ‘<samp>-h</samp>’ option or the ‘<samp>header=</samp>’ special, and might be useful
for writing, for instance, ‘DRAFT’ across the entire page, or, with the
aid of a shell script, dating the document. These macros are executed
outside of the save/restore context of the individual pages, so it is
possible for them to accumulate information, but if a document must be
divided into sections because of memory constraints, such added
information will be lost across section breaks.
</p>
<a name="index-physical-page-number_002c-and-bop_002dhook"></a>
<p>The single argument to <code>bop-hook</code> is the physical page number; the
first page gets zero, the second one, etc. <code>bop-hook</code> must leave
this number on the stack. None of the other hooks are passed arguments.
</p>
<p>As an example of what can be done, the following special will write
a light grey ‘DRAFT’ across each page in the document:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{!userdict begin /bop-hook{gsave 200 30 translate
65 rotate /Times-Roman findfont 216 scalefont setfont
0 0 moveto 0.7 setgray (DRAFT) show grestore}def end}
</pre></div>
<a name="index-_0025_0025Page_002c-and-multi_002dpage-information"></a>
<p>Using <code>bop-hook</code> or <code>eop-hook</code> to preserve information across
pages breaks compliance with the Adobe document structuring conventions,
so if you use any such tricks, you may also want to use the ‘<samp>-N</samp>’
option to turn off structured comments (such as ‘<samp>%%Page</samp>’).
Otherwise, programs that read your file will assume its pages are
independent.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Literal-examples"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#PostScript-hooks" accesskey="p" rel="prev">PostScript hooks</a>, Up: <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="u" rel="up">Literal PS</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Literal-examples-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.3.5 Literal examples</h4>
<a name="index-literal-PostScript_002c-examples"></a>
<a name="index-examples-of-literal-PostScript"></a>
<p>To finish off this section, the following examples of literal PostScript
are presented without explanation:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\def\rotninety{\special{ps:currentpoint currentpoint translate 90
rotate neg exch neg exch translate}}\font\huge=cmbx10 at 14.4truept
\setbox0=\hbox to0pt{\huge A\hss}\vskip16truept\centerline{\copy0
\special{ps:gsave}\rotninety\copy0\rotninety\copy0\rotninety
\box0\special{ps:grestore}}\vskip16truept
</pre></div>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\vbox to 2truein{\special{ps:gsave 0.3 setgray}\hrule height 2in
width\hsize\vskip-2in\special{ps:grestore}\font\big=cminch\big
\vss\special{ps:gsave 1 setgray}\vbox to 0pt{\vskip2pt
\line{\hss\hskip4pt NEAT\hss}\vss}\special{ps:0 setgray}%
\hbox{\raise2pt\line{\hss NEAT\hss}\special{ps:grestore}}\vss}
</pre></div>
<a name="index-_005crotninety"></a>
<a name="index-gsave_002fgrestore_002c-and-literal-PS"></a>
<a name="index-save_002frestore_002c-and-literal-PS"></a>
<p>Some caveats are in order, however. Make sure that each <code>gsave</code> is
matched with a <code>grestore</code> on the same page. Do not use <code>save</code>
and <code>restore</code>; they can interact with the PostScript generated by
Dvips if care is not taken. Try to understand what the above macros are
doing before writing your own. The <code>\rotninety</code> macro especially
has a useful trick that appears again and again.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Hypertext"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Literal-PS" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Literal PS</a>, Up: <a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript" accesskey="u" rel="up">Interaction with PostScript</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="HyperTeXt"></a>
<h3 class="section">5.4 HyperTeXt</h3>
<a name="index-hypertext-support"></a>
<a name="index-_002dz"></a>
<a name="index-html-specials"></a>
<a name="index-pdfmark"></a>
<p>Dvips has support for producing hypertext PostScript documents. If you
specify the ‘<samp>-z</samp>’ option, the <samp>html:</samp> specials described below
will be converted into ‘<samp>pdfmark</samp>’ PostScript operators to specify
links. Without ‘<samp>-z</samp>’, <samp>html:</samp> specials are ignored.
</p>
<a name="index-distiller_002c-for-PDF-files"></a>
<a name="index-PDF-files_002c-making-1"></a>
<p>The resulting PostScript can then be processed by a distiller program to
make a PDF file. (It can still be handled by ordinary PostScript
interpreters as well.) Various versions of both PC and Unix distillers
are supported; Ghostscript includes limited distiller support
(see <a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a>).
</p>
<p>Macros you can use in your TeX document to insert the specials in the
first place are available from <samp><var>CTAN:</var>/support/hypertex</samp>. For
CTAN info, see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#unixtex_002eftp">unixtex.ftp</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>.
</p>
<a name="index-http_003a_002f_002fwww_002ewin_002etue_002enl_002f_007edickie_002fidvi"></a>
<a name="index-http_003a_002f_002fxxx_002elanl_002egov_002fhypertex"></a>
<a name="index-Doyle_002c-Mark"></a>
<a name="index-Bhattacharya_002c-Tanmoy"></a>
<a name="index-Java-DVI-reader"></a>
<a name="index-idvi-Java-DVI-reader"></a>
<a name="index-dvihps_002c-hyperdvi-to-PostScript"></a>
<p>This hypertext support (and original form of the documentation) was
written by Mark Doyle and Tanmoy Bhattacharya as the ‘<samp>dvihps</samp>’
program. You can retrieve their software and additional documentation
via the CTAN reference above.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Hypertext-caveats" accesskey="1">Hypertext caveats</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Font quality, missing character psi.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Hypertext-specials" accesskey="2">Hypertext specials</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">The details on the specials.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Hypertext-caveats"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Hypertext-specials" accesskey="n" rel="next">Hypertext specials</a>, Up: <a href="#Hypertext" accesskey="u" rel="up">Hypertext</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Hypertext-caveats-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.4.1 Hypertext caveats</h4>
<a name="index-hypertext-caveats"></a>
<a name="index-Computer-Modern-in-PostScript"></a>
<a name="index-hypertext-and-bitmap-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-hypertext-caveats-1"></a>
<a name="index-embedding-Type-1-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-PDF-files_002c-font-quality"></a>
<p>If you intend to go all the way to PDF, you may want to use the standard
35 PostScript fonts exclusively, since other fonts are embedded as
bitmaps by default. The Adobe PDF readers are extremely slow when
dealing with bitmap fonts and the results look terrible on the screen.
Printouts will probably look fine, but may not take full advantage of a
high-resolution printer. Alternatively, you can have your fonts
embedded as Type 1 scalable outlines. The resulting PostScript files
may be larger, but can be effectively rasterized at any resolution.
They can also be converted to PDF files that can be used effectively at
any screen or printer resolution.
</p>
<p>To get the TeX fonts embedded in the PostScript file as Type 1 fonts,
add ‘<samp>-Ppdf</samp>’ to the dvips command line switches. The printout
for a run should look something like this:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample"> dvips report -Ppdf -o report.ps
This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2001.06.15:0837' -> report.ps
<tex.pro><alt-rule.pro><texc.pro><texps.pro><special.pro>.
<cmbx9.pfb><cmsy6.pfb><cmsy7.pfb><cmr5.pfb><cmex10.pfb><cmr9.pfb>
<cmmi7.pfb><cmsy10.pfb><cmmib10.pfb><cmmi10.pfb><cmti10.pfb>
<cmr7.pfb><cmbx10.pfb><cmr10.pfb><cmti9.pfb><cmr12.pfb><cmbx12.pfb>
[1] [2<mean1.ps>] [3<bounce1-00.ps>] [4]
</pre></div>
<p>An entry like "<cmr10.pfb>" indicates success: dvips found the Computer
Modern Roman 10 point font in a PostScript Font Binary file, translated
it to an ASCII encoding, and embedded it. You can confirm this by
examining the PostScript output file, looking for the section starting
<code>%%BeginFont: CMR10</code> followed by an entry <code>/FontType 1 def</code>.
</p>
<p>The ‘<samp>-Ppdf</samp>’ option requires that the relevant outline
(<samp>.pfa</samp> or <samp>.pfb</samp>) files be installed (see <a href="#Font-concepts">Font concepts</a>). For example, the <samp>cmr10</samp> file might be in
<samp>/usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb</samp>. Your TeX
distribution may make those fonts available in a separate optional
package (e.g., <code>tetex-extra</code> in Debian). Failing that,
commercial versions of the Computer Modern fonts are available from
Blue Sky; public domain versions - in particular, the lm fonts, and
the cm-super fonts, are available from CTAN sites (for CTAN info,
see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#unixtex_002eftp">unixtex.ftp</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>).
</p>
<p>You can convert a PostScript file to PDF using <code>distill</code>, which
comes with Adobe Acrobat, or <code>ps2pdf</code>, which comes with
Ghostscript. The <code>ps2pdf</code> that comes with <code>Ghostscript</code>
version 6.0 or earlier will not embed Type 1 fonts. Current
recommendations are GNU Ghostscript 6.51 or Aladdin Ghostscript 7.0.
You can check the fonts in a PDF file with Acrobat Reader by selecting
the menu entries ‘<samp>File|Document Info|Fonts</samp>’.
</p>
<a name="index-psi-character-missing"></a>
<a name="index-trailing-spaces_002c-dropped"></a>
<a name="index-spaces_002c-dropped-trailing"></a>
<p>Also, the Adobe distillers prior to 2.1 drop trailing space characters
(character code 32) from strings. Unfortunately, the PostScript fonts
use this character code for characters other than space (notably the
Greek letter psi in the <code>Symbol</code> font), and so these characters are
dropped. This bug is fixed in version 2.1.
</p>
<p>If you can’t upgrade, one workaround is to change all the trailing
blanks in strings to a character code that isn’t in the font. This works
because the default behavior is to substitute a blank for a missing
character, i.e., the distiller is fooled into substituting the right
character. For instance, with the Blue Sky fonts, you can globally
replace ‘<samp> )</samp>’ with ‘<samp>\200)</samp>’ (with <code>sed</code>, for example) and
get the desired result. With the public domain fonts, you will probably
have to use a character code in the range 128 to 191 since these fonts
duplicate the first 32 characters starting at 192 to avoid MS-DOS
problems.
</p>
<p>For more information on the use of TeX to produce PDF files, see the
article “Creating quality Adobe PDF files from TeX with DVIPS” by
Kendall Whitehouse of Adobe. Adobe seems not to offer the article any
more, but copies are available elsewhere:
</p><div class="display">
<pre class="display"><a href="http://www.math.hawaii.edu/~ralph/MathOnWeb/TeXPDF.html">http://www.math.hawaii.edu/~ralph/MathOnWeb/TeXPDF.html</a>
<a href="http://www.utdallas.edu/~cantrell/online/543e.html">http://www.utdallas.edu/~cantrell/online/543e.html</a>
</pre></div>
<p>You may also want to check “Notes on converting (La)TeX documents
to robust PDF using Rokicki’s dvips and Acrobat Distiller” by Timothy
P. Van Zandt:<br>
<a href="http://www.emrg.com/texpdf.htmlhttp://zandtwerk.insead.fr/tex2pdf.html">http://www.emrg.com/texpdf.htmlhttp://zandtwerk.insead.fr/tex2pdf.html</a>.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Hypertext-specials"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Hypertext-caveats" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Hypertext caveats</a>, Up: <a href="#Hypertext" accesskey="u" rel="up">Hypertext</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Hypertext-specials-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">5.4.2 Hypertext specials</h4>
<a name="index-hypertext-specials"></a>
<a name="index-specials_002c-hypertext"></a>
<a name="index-Smith_002c-Arthur"></a>
<p>Current support for the World Wide Web in the TeX system does not
involve modifying TeX itself. We need only define some specials;
Arthur Smith (<a href="mailto:apsmith@aps.org">apsmith@aps.org</a>), Tanmoy Bhattacharya, and Paul
Ginsparg originally proposed and implemented the following:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">html:<a href="<var>xurl</var>">
html:<a name="<var>name</var>">
html:</a>
html:<img src="<var>xurl</var>">
html:<base href="<var>xurl</var>">
</pre></div>
<p>Like all TeX <code>\special</code>’s, these produce no visible output, and
are uninterpreted by TeX itself. They are instructions to DVI
processors only.
</p>
<a name="index-uniform-resource-locator"></a>
<a name="index-extended-URL"></a>
<a name="index-URL_002c-extended-for-TeX"></a>
<a name="index-Murphy_002c-Tim"></a>
<p>Here, <var>xurl</var> is a standard WWW uniform resource locator (URL),
possibly extended with a ‘<samp>#<var>type</var>.<var>string</var></samp>’ construct,
where <var>type</var> is ‘<samp>page</samp>’, ‘<samp>section</samp>’, ‘<samp>equation</samp>’,
‘<samp>reference</samp>’ (for bibliographic references), ‘<samp>figure</samp>’,
‘<samp>table</samp>’, etc. For example,
</p><div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">\special{html:<a href="http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~tim/ch1.dvi#equation.1.1">}
</pre></div>
<p>is a link to equation (1.1) in an example document by Tim Murphy.
</p>
<a name="index-URL_002c-definition"></a>
<p>See the URL <a href="http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Addressing/Addressing.html">http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Addressing/Addressing.html</a>
for a precise description of base URL’s.
</p>
<p>Descriptions of the <code>\special</code>’s:
</p><dl compact="compact">
<dt>‘<samp>href</samp>’
<a name="index-href"></a>
</dt>
<dd><a name="index-links_002c-hypertext"></a>
<p>Creates links in your TeX document. For example:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{html:<a href="http://www.tug.org/">}\TeX\ Users
Group\special{html:</a>}
</pre></div>
<p>The user will be able to click on the text ‘TeX Users
Group’ while running Xdvi and get to the TUG home page. (By the way,
this is for illustration. In practice, you most likely want to use
macros to insert the <code>\special</code> commands; reference above.)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>name</samp>’
<a name="index-name"></a>
</dt>
<dd><a name="index-Anderson_002c-Laurie"></a>
<p>Defines URL targets in your TeX documents, so links can be
resolved. For example:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">\special{html:<a name="paradise">}Paradise\special{html:</a>}
is exactly where you are right now.
</pre></div>
<p>This will resolve an ‘<samp>href="#paradise"</samp>’. You’ll also have to
change the catcode of ‘<samp>#</samp>’, etc. It’s usually easiest to use
existing macro packages which take care of all the details, such as
<samp>hyperref</samp> for LaTeX. The <a href="http://arxiv.org/hypertex/">HyperTeX FAQ</a> has more information.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>img</samp>’
<a name="index-img"></a>
</dt>
<dd><a name="index-mailcap-and-hypertext"></a>
<p>Links to an arbitrary external file. Interactively, a viewer is spawned
to read the file according to the file extension and your <samp>mailcap</samp>
file (see the Xdvi documentation).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>base</samp>’
<a name="index-base"></a>
</dt>
<dd><p>Defines a base URL that is prepended to all the <code>name</code> targets.
Typically unnecessary, as the name of the DVI file being read is used by
default.
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>The ‘<samp>img</samp>’ and ‘<samp>base</samp>’ tags are not yet implemented in Dvips or
the NeXTSTEP DVI viewer.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="PostScript-fonts"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Color" accesskey="n" rel="next">Color</a>, Previous: <a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Interaction with PostScript</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="PostScript-fonts-1"></a>
<h2 class="chapter">6 PostScript fonts</h2>
<a name="index-PostScript-fonts"></a>
<p>Dvips supports the use of PostScript fonts in TeX documents. To use
a PostScript font conveniently, you need to prepare a corresponding
virtual font; the program Afm2tfm, supplied with Dvips, helps
with that.
</p>
<p>All the necessary support for the standard 35 PostScript fonts
(‘<samp>AvantGarde-Book</samp>’ through ‘<samp>ZapfDingbats</samp>’), plus other freely
or commonly available PostScript fonts is available along with Dvips.
To use these fonts, you need do nothing beyond what is mentioned in the
installation procedure (see <a href="#Installation">Installation</a>). This chapter is
therefore relevant only if you are installing new PostScript fonts not
supplied with Dvips. (Or if you’re curious.)
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Font-concepts" accesskey="1">Font concepts</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Metrics, glyphs, virtual fonts, and encodings.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Making-a-font-available" accesskey="2">Making a font available</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Installing and using a PostScript font.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm" accesskey="3">Invoking afm2tfm</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Creating TFM and AFM files for a virtual font.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#psfonts_002emap" accesskey="4">psfonts.map</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Defining available PostScript fonts.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Font-concepts"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Making-a-font-available" accesskey="n" rel="next">Making a font available</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-fonts" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript fonts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Font-concepts-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">6.1 Font concepts</h3>
<a name="index-font-concepts"></a>
<p>The information needed to typeset using a particular font is contained
in two files: a <em>metric file</em> that contains shape-independent
information and a <em>glyph file</em> that contains the actual shapes of
the font’s characters. A <em>virtual font</em> is an optional additional
file that can specify special ways to construct the characters. TeX
itself (or LaTeX) look only at the metric file, but DVI drivers such
as Dvips look at all three of these files.
</p>
<p>An <em>encoding file</em> defines the correspondence between the code
numbers of the characters in a font and their descriptive names. Two
encoding files used together can describe a reencoding that rearranges,
i.e., renumbers, the characters of a font.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Metric-files" accesskey="1">Metric files</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Shape-independent font information.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Glyph-files" accesskey="2">Glyph files</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Character shapes.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Virtual-fonts" accesskey="3">Virtual fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Constructing one font from others.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Encodings" accesskey="4">Encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Character codes and character names.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#PostScript-typesetting" accesskey="5">PostScript typesetting</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How PostScript typesets a character.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Metric-files"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Glyph-files" accesskey="n" rel="next">Glyph files</a>, Up: <a href="#Font-concepts" accesskey="u" rel="up">Font concepts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Metric-files-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.1.1 Metric files</h4>
<a name="index-metric-files"></a>
<p>A <em>metric file</em> describes properties of the font that are
independent of what the characters actually look like. Aside from
general information about the font itself, a metric file has two kinds
of information: information about individual characters, organized by
character code, and information about sequences of characters.
</p>
<p>The per-character information specifies the width, height, depth, and
italic correction of each character in the font. Any might be zero.
</p>
<a name="index-kerning_002c-defined"></a>
<a name="index-ligature_002c-defined"></a>
<p>In addition to information on individual characters, the metric file
specifies <em>kerning</em>, i.e., adding or removing space between
particular character pairs. It further specifies <em>ligature</em>
information: when a sequence of input characters should be typeset as a
single (presumably different) “ligature” character. For example, it’s
traditional for the input ‘<samp>fi</samp>’ to be typeset as ‘fi’, not as
‘<span class="roman">f</span><span class="roman">i</span>’ (with the dot of the ‘i’ colliding with ‘f’). (In English,
the only common ligatures are fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl.)
</p>
<p>Different typesetting systems use different metric file formats:
</p>
<ul>
<li> <a name="index-afm-files"></a>
<a name="index-_002eafm-Adobe-metric-files"></a>
Each Postscript font has an <em>Adobe font metrics</em> (‘<samp>.afm</samp>’)
file. These files are plain text, so you can inspect them easily. You
can get AFM files for Adobe’s fonts from
<a href="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/Fonts/AFMs">ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/Fonts/AFMs</a>.
</li><li> <a name="index-tfm-files"></a>
<a name="index-_002etfm-TeX-font-metric-files"></a>
TeX uses <em>TeX font metrics</em> (‘<samp>.tfm</samp>’) files. When you say
‘<samp>\font = <var>font</var></samp>’ in your TeX document, TeX reads a file
named ‘<samp><var>font</var>.tfm</samp>’. (Well, except for the <samp>texfonts.map</samp>
feature; see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Fontmap">Fontmap</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>). TeX can then
calculate the space occupied by characters from the font when
typesetting. In addition, the DVI drivers you use to print or view the
DVI file produced by TeX may need to look at the TFM file.
<a name="index-property-list-files"></a>
<a name="index-tftopl"></a>
<a name="index-pltotf"></a>
<a name="index-_002epl-property-list-files"></a>
<p>TFM files are binary (and hence are typically much smaller than AFM
files). You can use the <code>tftopl</code> program (see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#tftopl-invocation">tftopl
invocation</a> in <cite>Web2c</cite>) that comes with TeX to transform a TFM
file into a human-readable “property list” (‘<samp>.pl</samp>’) file. You can
also edit a PL file and transform it back to a TeX-readable TFM with
the companion program <code>pltotf</code> (see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#pltotf-invocation">pltotf invocation</a> in <cite>Web2c</cite>). Editing metrics by hand is not something you’re likely to want
to do often, but the capability is there.
</p>
</li><li> <a name="index-pfm-files"></a>
<a name="index-_002epfm-printer-font-metric-files"></a>
ATM and other typesetting systems use <em>printer font metric</em>
(‘<samp>.pfm</samp>’) files. These are binary files. They are irrelevant in the
TeX world, and not freely available, so we will not discuss them
further.
</li></ul>
<p>The Afm2tfm program distributed with Dvips converts an AFM file
to a TFM file and performs other useful transformations as well.
See <a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm">Invoking afm2tfm</a>.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Glyph-files"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Virtual-fonts" accesskey="n" rel="next">Virtual fonts</a>, Previous: <a href="#Metric-files" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Metric files</a>, Up: <a href="#Font-concepts" accesskey="u" rel="up">Font concepts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Glyph-files-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.1.2 Glyph files</h4>
<a name="index-glyph-files"></a>
<p>Although a metric file (see the previous section) contains information
about the spatial and other properties of the character at position 75,
say, it contains nothing about what the character at position 75
actually looks like. The glyphs—the actual shapes of the letterforms
in a font—are defined by other files, which we call glyph files.
TeX itself only reads the TFM file for a font; it does not need to
know character shapes.
</p>
<p>A <em>glyph file</em> is a file that defines the shapes of the characters
in a font. The shapes can be defined either by outlines or by bitmaps.
</p>
<a name="index-outline-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-arcs"></a>
<a name="index-splines"></a>
<p>PostScript fonts are defined as <em>outline fonts</em>: Each character in
the font is defined by giving the mathematical curves (lines, arcs, and
splines) that define its contours. Different sizes of a character are
generated by linearly scaling a single shape. For example, a 10-point
‘A’ is simply half the size of a 20-point ‘A’. Nowadays, outline fonts
usually also contain <em>hints</em>—additional information to improve the
appearance of the font at small sizes or low resolutions.
</p>
<a name="index-Type-1-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-pfa-files"></a>
<a name="index-pfb-files"></a>
<a name="index-_002epfa-printer-font-ascii-files"></a>
<a name="index-_002epfb-printer-font-binary-files"></a>
<p>Although various kinds of PostScript outline fonts exist, by far the
most common, and the only one we will consider, is called <em>Type 1</em>.
The glyph files for Postscript Type 1 fonts typically have names ending
in ‘<samp>.pfa</samp>’ (“printer font ASCII”) or ‘<samp>.pfb</samp>’ (“printer font
binary”).
</p>
<a name="index-bitmap-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-_002emf-Metafont-source-files"></a>
<a name="index-Metafont-source-files"></a>
<p>In contrast, glyph files for Computer Modern and the other standard
TeX fonts are <em>bitmap fonts</em>, generated from Metafont
(‘<samp>.mf</samp>’) descriptions. The Metafont program distributed with TeX
generates bitmaps from these descriptions.
</p>
<a name="index-pk-files"></a>
<a name="index-_002ennnpk-packed-font-bitmaps"></a>
<p>The glyph files for TeX bitmap fonts are usually stored in
<em>packed font</em> (PK) files. The names of these files end in
‘<samp>.<var>nnn</var>pk</samp>’, where <var>nnn</var> is the resolution of the font in
dots per inch. For example, <samp>cmr10.600pk</samp> contains the bitmaps for
the ‘<samp>cmr10</samp>’ font at a resolution of 600dpi. (On DOS
filesystems, it’s more likely <samp>dpi600\cmr10.pk</samp>.)
</p>
<a name="index-gf-files"></a>
<a name="index-gftopk"></a>
<p>Metafont actually outputs <em>generic font</em> (GF) files, e.g.,
<samp>cmr10.600gf</samp>, but the GF files are usually converted immediately
to PK format (using the <code>gftopk</code> utility that comes with TeX)
since PK files are smaller and contain the same information. (The GF
format is a historical artifact.)
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Virtual-fonts"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Encodings" accesskey="n" rel="next">Encodings</a>, Previous: <a href="#Glyph-files" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Glyph files</a>, Up: <a href="#Font-concepts" accesskey="u" rel="up">Font concepts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Virtual-fonts-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.1.3 Virtual fonts</h4>
<a name="index-virtual-fonts"></a>
<p>A <em>virtual font</em> is constructed by extracting characters from one or
more existing fonts and rearranging them, or synthesizing new characters
in various ways. The explanation in this manual is intended to suffice
for understanding enough about virtual fonts to use them with Dvips. It
isn’t a reference manual on virtual fonts. For more information: The
primary document on virtual fonts is Donald E. Knuth, <cite>TUGboat</cite>
11(1), Apr. 1990, pp. 13–23, “Virtual Fonts: More Fun for Grand
Wizards” (<samp><var>CTAN:</var>/info/virtual-fonts.knuth</samp>; for CTAN info,
see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#unixtex_002eftp">unixtex.ftp</a> in <cite>Kpathsea</cite>). (Don’t be intimidated by
the subtitle.)
</p>
<a name="index-vf-files"></a>
<a name="index-vpl-files"></a>
<p>A virtual font (‘<samp>.vf</samp>’) file specifies, for each character in the
virtual font, a recipe for typesetting that character. A VF file, like
a TFM file, is in a compressed binary format. The <code>vftovp</code> and
<code>vptovf</code> programs convert a VF file to a human-readable VPL
(virtual property list) format and back again. See <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#vftovp-invocation">vftovp
invocation</a> in <cite>Web2c</cite>, and <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#vptovf-invocation">vptovf invocation</a> in <cite>Web2c</cite>.
</p>
<a name="index-base-fonts"></a>
<p>In the case of a PostScript font <var>f</var> being used in a straightforward
way, the recipe says: character <var>i</var> in the VF font is character
<var>j</var> in font <var>f</var>. The font <var>f</var> is called a <em>base font</em>.
For example, the VF file could remap the characters of the PostScript
font to the positions where TeX expects to find them.
See <a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a>.
</p>
<p>Since TeX reads only TFM files, not VF’s, each VF must have a
corresponding TFM for use with TeX. This corresponding TFM is
created when you run <code>vptovf</code>.
</p>
<a name="index-expansion_002c-of-virtual-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-virtual-font-expansion"></a>
<p>You can <em>expand</em> virtual fonts into their base fonts with DVIcopy
(see <a href="http://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#dvicopy-invocation">dvicopy invocation</a> in <cite>Web2c</cite>). This is useful if you are
using a DVI translator that doesn’t understand vf’s itself.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Encodings"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#PostScript-typesetting" accesskey="n" rel="next">PostScript typesetting</a>, Previous: <a href="#Virtual-fonts" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Virtual fonts</a>, Up: <a href="#Font-concepts" accesskey="u" rel="up">Font concepts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Encodings-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.1.4 Encodings</h4>
<a name="index-encodings"></a>
<p>Every font, whatever its type, has an <em>encoding</em>, that specifies the
correspondence between “logical” characters and character codes. For
example, the ASCII encoding specifies that the character numbered 65
(decimal) is an uppercase ‘A’. The encoding does not specify what the
character at that position looks like; there are lots of ways to draw an
‘A’, and a glyph file (see <a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a>) tells how. Nor does it
specify how much space that character occupies; that information is in a
metric file (see <a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a>).
</p>
<a name="index-Computer-Modern_002c-encoding-of"></a>
<p>TeX implicitly assumes a particular encoding for the fonts you use
with it. For example, the plain TeX macro <code>\'</code>, which typesets
an acute accent over the following letter, assumes the acute accent is
at position 19 (decimal). This happens to be true of standard TeX
fonts such as Computer Modern, as you might expect, but it is not true
of normal PostScript fonts.
</p>
<p>It’s possible but painful to change all the macros that assume
particular character positions. A better solution is to create a new
font with the information for the acute accent at position 19, where
TeX expects it to be. See <a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a>.
</p>
<a name="index-PostScript-encoding"></a>
<a name="index-encoding-files"></a>
<a name="index-encoding-vectors_002c-defined"></a>
<p>PostScript represents encodings as a sequence of 256 character names
called an <em>encoding vector</em>. An <em>encoding file</em> (‘<samp>.enc</samp>’)
gives such a vector, together with ligature and kerning information
(with which we are not concerned at the moment). These encoding files
are used by the Afm2tfm program. Encoding files are also downloaded to
the PostScript interpreter in your printer if you use one of them in
place of the default encoding vector for a particular PostScript font.
</p>
<a name="index-dvips_002eenc"></a>
<a name="index-8r_002eenc"></a>
<a name="index-texmext_002eenc"></a>
<a name="index-texmital_002eenc"></a>
<a name="index-texmsym_002eenc"></a>
<a name="index-reencode_002f_002a_002eenc"></a>
<p>Examples of encodings: the <samp>dvips.enc</samp> encoding file that comes
with the Fontname distribution (<a href="http://tug.org/fontname">http://tug.org/fontname</a>) is a
good (but not perfect) approximation to the TeX encoding for
TeX’s Computer Modern text fonts. This is the encoding of the
fonts that originated with Dvips, such as <samp>ptmr.tfm</samp>. The
distribution includes many other encoding files; for example,
<samp>8r.enc</samp>, which is the base font for the current PostScript font
distribution, and three corresponding to the TeX mathematics fonts:
<samp>texmext.enc</samp> for math extensions, <samp>texmital.enc</samp> for math
italics, and <samp>texmsym.enc</samp> for math symbols.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="PostScript-typesetting"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Encodings" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Encodings</a>, Up: <a href="#Font-concepts" accesskey="u" rel="up">Font concepts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="How-PostScript-typesets-a-character"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.1.5 How PostScript typesets a character</h4>
<a name="index-typesetting-in-PostScript"></a>
<a name="index-character-lookup-procedure-in-PostScript"></a>
<p>The output of Dvips is a program in the PostScript language that
instructs your (presumably PostScript-capable) printer how to typeset
your document by transforming it into toner on paper. Your printer, in
turn, contains a PostScript interpreter that carries out the
instructions in this typesetting program.
</p>
<p>The program must include the definition of any PostScript fonts that you
use in your document. Fonts built into your printer (probably the
standard 35: ‘<samp>Times-Roman</samp>’, ‘<samp>ZapfDingbats</samp>’, …) are
defined within the interpreter itself. Other fonts must be downloaded
as pfa or pfb files (see <a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a>) from your host (the computer
on which you’re running Dvips).
</p>
<p>You may be wondering exactly how a PostScript interpreter figures out
what character to typeset, with this mass of metrics, glyphs, encodings,
and other information. (If you’re not wondering, skip this section
…)
</p>
<a name="index-show-PostScript-operator"></a>
<p>The basic PostScript operator for imaging characters is
<code>show</code>. Suppose you’ve asked TeX to typeset an ‘S’. This will
eventually wind up in the Dvips output as the equivalent of this
PostScript operation:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">(S) show
</pre></div>
<p>Here is how PostScript typesets the ‘S’:
</p>
<ol>
<li> <a name="index-ASCII-character-codes_002c-used-by-PostScript"></a>
PostScript interpreters use ASCII; therefore ‘S’ is represented as the
integer 83. (Any of the 256 possible characters representable in a
standard 8-bit byte can be typeset.)
</li><li> <a name="index-current-font_002c-in-PostScript"></a>
<a name="index-dictionary_002c-PostScript-language"></a>
A PostScript <em>dictionary</em> is a mapping of names to arbitrary values.
A font, to the interpreter, is a dictionary which contains entries for
certain names. (If these entries are missing, the interpreter refuses
to do anything with that font.)
<p>PostScript has a notion of “the current font”—whatever font is
currently being typeset in.
</p>
</li><li> <a name="index-encoding-vectors_002c-in-Type-1-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-Encoding-Type-1-dictionary"></a>
One of the mandatory entries in a font dictionary is ‘<samp>Encoding</samp>’,
which defines the encoding vector (see <a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a>) for that font.
This vector of 256 names maps each possible input character to a name.
</li><li> The interpreter retrieves the entry at position 83 of the encoding
vector. This value is a PostScript name: <code>/S</code>.
</li><li> <a name="index-CharStrings-Type-1-dictionary"></a>
<a name="index-dictionary_002c-CharStrings"></a>
For Type 1 fonts (we’re not going to discuss anything else), the
interpreter now looks up <code>/S</code> as a key in a dictionary named
<code>CharStrings</code>, another mandatory entry in a font dictionary.
</li><li> <a name="index-hints"></a>
<a name="index-character-definitions-in-PostScript"></a>
The value of <code>S</code> in <code>CharStrings</code> is the equivalent of a
series of standard PostScript commands like ‘<samp>curveto</samp>’,
‘<samp>lineto</samp>’, ‘<samp>fill</samp>’, and so on. These commands are executed to
draw the character. There can also be <em>hint information</em> that helps
adapt the character to low-resolution rasters. (See <a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a>.)
The commands are actually represented in a more compact way than
standard PostScript source; see the Type 1 book for details.
</li></ol>
<p>This method for typesetting characters is used in both Level 1 and Level
2 PostScript. See the PostScript reference manuals for more
information.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Making-a-font-available"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm" accesskey="n" rel="next">Invoking afm2tfm</a>, Previous: <a href="#Font-concepts" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Font concepts</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-fonts" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript fonts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Making-a-PostScript-font-available"></a>
<h3 class="section">6.2 Making a PostScript font available</h3>
<a name="index-installing-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-installing"></a>
<p>To make a PostScript font available in a TeX document, you need to
install the font on your system and then define it within the document.
Once you have installed the font, of course, it is available for any
document thereafter and you don’t need to reinstall it. You must have
an AFM file for any font you install. Unless the font is built into your
printer, you must also have a PFA or PFB file.
</p>
<p>In the following examples, we use the font ‘<samp>Times-Roman</samp>’ to
illustrate the process. But you should use the prebuilt fonts for Times
and the other standard fonts, rather than rebuilding them. The prebuilt
fonts are made using a more complicated process than that described
here, to make them work as well as possible with TeX. So following
the steps in this manual will not generate files identical to the
distributed ones. See <a href="#PostScript-font-installation">PostScript font installation</a>, for pointers to
the prebuilt fonts.
</p>
<p>Installation of a PostScript font proceeds in three steps. See <a href="#Font-concepts">Font concepts</a>, for descriptions of the various files involved.
</p>
<ol>
<li> Run <code>afm2tfm</code> to create a TFM file for the original font,
and the VPL form of the virtual font:
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm Times-Roman -v ptmr rptmr
</pre></div>
</li><li> Run <code>vptovf</code> to generate a VF and TFM file for the virtual font
from the VPL file:
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">vptovf ptmr.vpl ptmr.vf ptmr.tfm
</pre></div>
</li><li> Insert an entry for the font in <samp>psfonts.map</samp> (see <a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a>):
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">rptmr Times-Roman <ptmr8a.pfa
</pre></div>
</li><li> Install the files in the standard locations, as in:
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">cp ptmr.vf <var>fontdir</var>/vf/…
cp *ptmr.tfm <var>fontdir</var>/tfm/…
cp ptmr.afm <var>fontdir</var>/afm/…
cp ptmr.pf? <var>fontdir</var>/type1/…
</pre></div>
</li></ol>
<p>The simplest invocation of Afm2tfm to make virtual fonts goes something
like this:
</p>
<a name="index-afm2tfm"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm Times-Roman -v ptmr rptmr
</pre></div>
<p>This reads the file <samp>Times-Roman.afm</samp>, and produces two files as
output, namely the virtual property list’file <samp>ptmr.vpl</samp>, and the
“raw” font metric file <samp>rptmr.tfm</samp>. To use the font in TeX,
you first run
</p>
<a name="index-vptovf"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">vptovf ptmr.vpl ptmr.vf ptmr.tfm
</pre></div>
<p>You should then install the virtual font file <samp>ptmr.vf</samp> where Dvips
will see it and install <samp>ptmr.tfm</samp> and <samp>rptmr.tfm</samp> where
TeX and Dvips will see them.
</p>
<p>Using these raw fonts is not recommended; there are no raw fonts in the
prebuilt PostScript fonts distributed along with Dvips. But
nevertheless, that’s how Afm2tfm presently operates, so that’s what we
document here. The ‘<samp>r</samp>’ prefix convention is likewise historical
accident.
</p>
<p>You can also make more complex virtual fonts by editing <samp>ptmr.vpl</samp>
before running ‘<samp>vptovf</samp>’; such editing might add the uppercase Greek
characters in the standard TeX positions, for instance. (This has
already been done for the prebuilt fonts.)
</p>
<p>Once the files have been installed, you’re all set. You can now do
things like this in TeX:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">\font\myfont = ptmr at 12pt
\myfont Hello, I am being typeset in 12-point Times-Roman.
</pre></div>
<p>Thus, we have two fonts, one actual (‘<samp>rptmr</samp>’, which is analogous to
the font in the printer) and one virtual (‘<samp>ptmr</samp>’, which has been
remapped to the standard TeX encoding (almost)), and has typesetting
know-how added. You could also say
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\font\raw = rptmr at 10pt
</pre></div>
<p>and typeset directly with that, but then you would have no ligatures or
kerning, and you would have to use Adobe character positions for special
letters like
The virtual font ‘<samp>ptmr</samp>’ not only has ligatures and kerning, and
most of the standard accent conventions of TeX, it also has a few
additional features not present in the Computer Modern fonts. For
example, it includes all the Adobe characters (such as the Polish ogonek
and the French guillemots). The only things you lose from ordinary
TeX text fonts are the dotless ‘j’ (which can be hacked into the VPL
file with literal PostScript specials if you have the patience) and
uppercase Greek letters (which just don’t exist unless you buy them
separately). See <a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a>.
</p>
<p>As a final step you need to record information about both the virtual
font and the original font (if you ever might want to use it) in the
<samp>psfonts.map</samp> file (see <a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a>). For our example, you’d
insert the following into <samp>psfonts.map</samp>:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">rptmr Times-Roman <ptmr8a.pfa
</pre></div>
<p>Of course, <code>Times-Roman</code> is already built in to most every
printer, so there’s no need to download any Type 1 file for it. But if
you are actually following these instructions for new fonts, most likely
they are not built in to the printer.
</p>
<a name="index-memory_002c-used-by-PostScript-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-efficiency_002c-and-fonts"></a>
<p>These PostScript fonts can be scaled to any size. Go wild! Using
PostScript fonts, however, does use up a great deal of the printer’s
memory and it does take time. You may find downloading bitmap fonts
(possibly compressed, with the ‘<samp>Z</samp>’ option) to be faster than using
the built-in PostScript fonts.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Invoking-afm2tfm"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#psfonts_002emap" accesskey="n" rel="next">psfonts.map</a>, Previous: <a href="#Making-a-font-available" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Making a font available</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-fonts" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript fonts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Invoking-Afm2tfm"></a>
<h3 class="section">6.3 Invoking Afm2tfm</h3>
<a name="index-afm2tfm-1"></a>
<p>The Afm2tfm program converts an AFM file for a PostScript font to a TFM
file and a VPL file for a corresponding virtual font (or, in its
simplest form, to a TFM file for the PostScript font itself). The
results of the conversion are affected by the command-line options and
especially by the reencodings you can specify with those options. You
can also obtain special effects such as an oblique font.
</p>
<a name="index-fontinst"></a>
<a name="index-virtual-fonts_002c-creating"></a>
<a name="index-Jeffrey_002c-Alan"></a>
<p>Alternatives to Afm2tfm for creating virtual fonts include
<code>fontinst</code> <a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/fontinst">http://ctan.org/pkg/fontinst</a>,
<code>lcdf-typetools</code>, particularly <code>otftotfm</code>
(<a href="http://ctan.org/pkg/lcdf-typetools">http://ctan.org/pkg/lcdf-typetools</a>), and <code>afm2p</code>
(<a href="http://tex.aanhet.net/afm2pl/">http://tex.aanhet.net/afm2pl/</a>), among others.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Changing-font-encodings" accesskey="1">Changing font encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Reencoding with -t, -p, -T.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Special-font-effects" accesskey="2">Special font effects</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Oblique fonts, small caps, and such.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Afm2tfm-options" accesskey="3">Afm2tfm options</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">afm2tfm command-line options.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Changing-font-encodings"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Special-font-effects" accesskey="n" rel="next">Special font effects</a>, Up: <a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking afm2tfm</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Changing-font-encodings-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.3.1 Changing font encodings</h4>
<a name="index-encoding-changes"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-changing-encoding-of"></a>
<p>Afm2tfm allows you to specify a different encoding for a PostScript font
(for a general introduction to encodings, see <a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a>). The
‘<samp>-t</samp>’ option changes the TeX encoding, ‘<samp>-p</samp>’ changes the
PostScript encoding, and ‘<samp>-T</samp>’ changes both simultaneously, as
detailed in the sections below.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Changing-TeX-encodings" accesskey="1">Changing TeX encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Where TeX finds a character.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings" accesskey="2">Changing PostScript encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Where PostScript finds a character.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Changing-both-encodings" accesskey="3">Changing both encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">One and the same, simultaneously.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm" accesskey="4">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Problems with the default encoding.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Encoding-file-format" accesskey="5">Encoding file format</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Syntax of an encoding file.
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Changing-TeX-encodings"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings" accesskey="n" rel="next">Changing PostScript encodings</a>, Up: <a href="#Changing-font-encodings" accesskey="u" rel="up">Changing font encodings</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="g_t_002dt_003a-Changing-TeX-encodings"></a>
<h4 class="subsubsection">6.3.1.1 ‘<samp>-t</samp>’: Changing TeX encodings</h4>
<a name="index-changing-TeX-encodings"></a>
<a name="index-TeX-encoding_002c-changing"></a>
<a name="index-_002dt-tex_002denc"></a>
<p>To build a virtual font with Afm2tfm, you specify the ‘<samp>-v</samp>’ or
‘<samp>-V</samp>’ option. You can then specify an encoding for that virtual font
with ‘<samp>-t <var>tex-enc</var></samp>’. (‘<samp>-t</samp>’ is ignored if neither
‘<samp>-v</samp>’ nor ‘<samp>-V</samp>’ is present.) Any ligature and kerning
information you specify in <var>tex-enc</var> will be used in the VPL, in
addition to the ligature and kerning information from the AFM file.
</p>
<p>If the AFM file has no entry for a character specified in <var>tex-enc</var>,
that character will be omitted from the output VPL.
</p>
<a name="index-texmsym_002eenc-1"></a>
<p>The ‘<samp>-t</samp>’ option is likely to be needed when you have a PostScript
font corresponding to a TeX font other than a normal text font such
as Computer Modern. For instance, if you have a PostScript font that
contains math symbols, you’d probably want to use the encoding in the
<samp>texmsym.enc</samp> file supplied with Dvips. (For a start; to actually
get usable math fonts, you have to define much more than just an
encoding.)
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Changing-PostScript-encodings"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Changing-both-encodings" accesskey="n" rel="next">Changing both encodings</a>, Previous: <a href="#Changing-TeX-encodings" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Changing TeX encodings</a>, Up: <a href="#Changing-font-encodings" accesskey="u" rel="up">Changing font encodings</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="g_t_002dp_003a-Changing-PostScript-encodings"></a>
<h4 class="subsubsection">6.3.1.2 ‘<samp>-p</samp>’: Changing PostScript encodings</h4>
<a name="index-changing-PostScript-encodings"></a>
<a name="index-PostScript-encoding_002c-changing"></a>
<a name="index-_002dp-ps_002denc"></a>
<p>By default, Afm2tfm uses the encoding it finds in the AFM file. You can
specify a different PostScript encoding with ‘<samp>-p <var>ps-enc</var></samp>’.
This makes the raw TFM file (the one output by Afm2tfm) have the
encoding specified in the encoding file <var>ps-enc</var>. Any ligature or
kern information specified in <var>ps-enc</var> is ignored by Afm2tfm, since
ligkern info is always omitted from the raw TFM.
</p>
<p>If you use this option, you must also arrange to download <var>ps-enc</var>
as part of any document that uses this font. You do this by adding a
line like the following one to <samp>psfonts.map</samp> (see <a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a>):
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">zpopr Optima "MyEncoding ReEncodeFont" <myenc.enc
</pre></div>
<a name="index-trademark-character_002c-accessing"></a>
<a name="index-registered-character_002c-accessing"></a>
<a name="index-extra-characters_002c-accessing"></a>
<p>Using ‘<samp>-p</samp>’ is the only way to access characters in a PostScript
font that are neither encoded in the AFM file nor constructed from other
characters. For instance, Adobe’s ‘<samp>Times-Roman</samp>’ font contains the
extra characters ‘<samp>trademark</samp>’ and ‘<samp>registered</samp>’ (among others);
these can only be accessed through such a PostScript reencoding.
</p>
<a name="index-8r-encoding_002c-and-extra-characters"></a>
<p>The ‘8r’ base encoding used for the current PostScript font
distribution does do this reencoding, for precisely this reason.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Changing-both-encodings"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm" accesskey="n" rel="next">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a>, Previous: <a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Changing PostScript encodings</a>, Up: <a href="#Changing-font-encodings" accesskey="u" rel="up">Changing font encodings</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="g_t_002dT_003a-Changing-both-TeX-and-PostScript-encodings"></a>
<h4 class="subsubsection">6.3.1.3 ‘<samp>-T</samp>’: Changing both TeX and PostScript encodings</h4>
<a name="index-_002dT-enc_002dfile"></a>
<p>The option ‘<samp>-T <var>enc-file</var></samp>’ is equivalent to ‘<samp>-p
<var>enc-file</var> -t <var>enc-file</var></samp>’. If you make regular use of a private
non-standard reencoding ‘<samp>-T</samp>’ is usually a better idea than the
individual options, to avoid unexpected inconsistencies in mapping
otherwise. An example of when you might use this option is a dingbats
font: when you have a TeX encoding that is designed to be used with a
particular PostScript font.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Encoding-file-format" accesskey="n" rel="next">Encoding file format</a>, Previous: <a href="#Changing-both-encodings" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Changing both encodings</a>, Up: <a href="#Changing-font-encodings" accesskey="u" rel="up">Changing font encodings</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsubsection">6.3.1.4 Reencoding with Afm2tfm</h4>
<a name="index-reencoding"></a>
<a name="index-remapping"></a>
<p>The Afm2tfm program creates the TFM and VF files for the virtual font
corresponding to a PostScript font by <em>reencoding</em> the PostScript
font. Afm2tfm generates these files from two encodings: one for TeX
and one for PostScript. The TeX encoding is used to map character
numbers to character names while the PostScript encoding is used to map
each character name to a possibly different number. In combination, you
can get access to any character of a PostScript font at any position for
TeX typesetting.
</p>
<p>In the default case, when you specify none of the <code>-t</code>, <code>-p</code>,
or <code>-T</code> options, Afm2tfm uses a default TeX encoding (which
mostly corresponds to the Computer Modern text fonts) and the PostScript
encoding found in the AFM file being read. The reencoding is also
sometimes called a <em>remapping</em>.
</p>
<p>For example, the default encodings reencode the acute accent in two
steps: first the default TeX encoding maps the number 19 to the
character name ‘<samp>acute</samp>’; then the default PostScript encoding, as
found in the AFM file for an ordinary PostScript font, maps the
character name ‘<samp>acute</samp>’ to the number 194. (The PostScript encoding
works in reverse, by looking in the encoding vector for the name and
then yielding the corresponding number.) The combined mapping of 19 to
194 shows up explicitly in the VF file and also implicitly in the fact
that the properties of PostScript character 194 appear in position 19 of
the TFM file for the virtual font.
</p>
<a name="index-accents_002c-in-wrong-position"></a>
<a name="index-Hungarian-umlaut"></a>
<a name="index-dot-accent"></a>
<a name="index-Scandinavian-A-ring"></a>
<a name="index-A-ring_002c-Scandinavian-letter"></a>
<p>The default encoding of the distributed fonts (e.g., <samp>ptmr.tfm</samp>)
mostly follows plain TeX conventions for accents. The exceptions:
the Hungarian umlaut (which is at position <code>0x7D</code> in ‘<samp>cmr10</samp>’,
but position <code>0xCD</code> in ‘<samp>ptmr</samp>’); the dot accent (at positions
<code>0x5F</code> and <code>0xC7</code>, respectively); and the Scandinavian A ring
<code>\AA</code>, whose definition needs different tweaking. In order to use
these accents with PostScript fonts or in math mode when
<code>\textfont0</code> is a PostScript font, you will need to use the
following definitions. These definitions will not work with the
Computer Modern fonts for the relevant accents. They are already part
of the distributed <samp>psfonts.sty</samp> for use with LaTeX.
</p>
<a name="index-_005cH"></a>
<a name="index-_005c_002e"></a>
<a name="index-_005cdot"></a>
<a name="index-_005cAA"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\def\H#1{{\accent"CD #1}}
\def\.#1{{\accent"C7 #1}}
\def\dot{\mathaccent"70C7 }
\newdimen\aadimen
\def\AA{\leavevmode\setbox0\hbox{h}\aadimen\ht0
\advance\aadimen-1ex\setbox0\hbox{A}\rlap{\raise.67\aadimen
\hbox to \wd0{\hss\char'27\hss}}A}
</pre></div>
<a name="index-CODINGSCHEME"></a>
<p>As a kind of summary, here are the ‘<samp>CODINGSCHEME</samp>’s that result from
the various possible choices for reencoding.
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>default encoding</dt>
<dd><div class="example">
<pre class="example">(CODINGSCHEME TeX text + AdobeStandardEncoding)
</pre></div>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-p dc.enc</samp>’</dt>
<dd><div class="example">
<pre class="example">(CODINGSCHEME TeX text + DCEncoding)
</pre></div>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-t dc.enc</samp>’</dt>
<dd><div class="example">
<pre class="example">(CODINGSCHEME DCEncoding + AdobeStandardEncoding)
</pre></div>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-T dc.enc</samp>’</dt>
<dd><div class="example">
<pre class="example">(CODINGSCHEME DCEncoding + DCEncoding)
</pre></div>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The ‘<samp>CODINGSCHEME</samp>’ line appears in the VPL file but is
ignored by Dvips.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Encoding-file-format"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a>, Up: <a href="#Changing-font-encodings" accesskey="u" rel="up">Changing font encodings</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Encoding-file-format-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsubsection">6.3.1.5 Encoding file format</h4>
<a name="index-encoding-file-format"></a>
<p>Afm2tfm’s encoding files have the same format as an encoding vector in a
PostScript font. Here is a skeletal example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">% <span class="roman">Comments are ignored, unless the first word after the percent sign</span>
% <span class="roman">is ‘<samp>LIGKERN</samp>’; see below.</span>
/MyEncoding [ % <span class="roman">exactly 256 entries follow, each with a leading ‘<samp>/</samp>’</span>
/Alpha /Beta /Gamma /Delta …
/A /B … /Z
… /.notdef /xfooaccent /yfooaccent /zfooaccent
] def
</pre></div>
<p>These encoding files are downloaded as part of changing the encoding at
the PostScript level (see the previous section).
</p>
<a name="index-comments_002c-in-encoding-files"></a>
<p>Comments, which start with a percent sign and continue until the end
of the line, are ignored unless they start with ‘<samp>LIGKERN</samp>’ (see below).
</p>
<p>The first non-comment word of the file must start with a forward slash
‘<samp>/</samp>’ (i.e., a PostScript literal name) and defines the name of the
encoding. The next word must be an left bracket ‘<samp>[</samp>’. Following
that must be precisely 256 character names; use ‘<samp>/.notdef</samp>’ for any
that you want to leave undefined. Then there must be a matching right
bracket <code>]</code>. A final ‘<samp>def</samp>’ token is optional. All names are
case-sensitive.
</p>
<p>Any ligature or kern information is given as a comment. If the first
word after the ‘<samp>%</samp>’ is ‘<samp>LIGKERN</samp>’, then the entire rest of the
line is parsed for ligature and kern information. This ligature and
kern information is given in groups of words: each group is terminated
by a space and a semicolon and (unless the semicolon is at the end of a
line) another space.
</p>
<a name="index-LIGKERN-encoding-file-command"></a>
<p>In these <code>LIGKERN</code> statements, three types of information may be
specified. These three types are ligature pairs, kerns to ignore, and
the character value of this font’s boundary character.
</p>
<a name="index-boundary-character"></a>
<p>Throughout a <code>LIGKERN</code> statement, the boundary character is
specified as ‘<samp>||</samp>’. To set the font’s boundary character value for
TeX:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">% LIGKERN || = 39 ;
</pre></div>
<p>To indicate a kern to remove, give the names of the two characters
(without the leading slash) separated by ‘<samp>{}</samp>’, as in ‘<samp>one
{} one ;</samp>’. This is intended to be reminiscent of the way you might
use ‘<samp>{}</samp>’ in a TeX file to turn off ligatures or kerns at a
particular location. Either or both of the character names can be given
as ‘<samp>*</samp>’, which is a wild card matching any character; thus, all
kerns can be removed with ‘<samp>* {} * ;</samp>’.
</p>
<a name="index-ligature-operations"></a>
<a name="index-Metafont-ligature-operations"></a>
<p>To specify a ligature, specify the names of the pair of characters,
followed by the ligature operation (as in Metafont), followed by the
replacing character name. Either (but not both) of the first two
characters can be ‘<samp>||</samp>’ to indicate a word boundary.
</p>
<a name="index-_003d_003a-ligature-operation"></a>
<p>The most common operation is ‘<samp>=:</samp>’ meaning that both characters are
removed and replaced by the third character, but by adding the ‘<samp>|</samp>’
character on either side of the ‘<samp>=:</samp>’, you can retain either or both
of the two leading characters. In addition, by suffixing the ligature
operation with one or two ‘<samp>></samp>’ signs, you can make the ligature
scanning operation skip that many resulting characters before
proceeding. This works just like in Metafont. For example, the ‘fi’
ligature is specified with ‘<samp>f i =: fi ;</samp>’<!-- /@w -->. A more convoluted
ligature is ‘<samp>one one |=:|>> exclam ;</samp>’ which separates a pair of
adjacent <code>1</code>’s with an exclamation point, and then skips over two
of the resulting characters before continuing searching for ligatures
and kerns. You cannot give more <tt>></tt>’s than <tt>|</tt>’s in an ligature
operation, so there are a total of eight possibilities:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">=: |=: |=:> =:| =:|> |=:| |=:|> |=:|>>
</pre></div>
<p>The default set of ligatures and kerns built in to Afm2tfm is:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">% LIGKERN question quoteleft =: questiondown ;
% LIGKERN exclam quoteleft =: exclamdown ;
% LIGKERN hyphen hyphen =: endash ; endash hyphen =: emdash ;
% LIGKERN quoteleft quoteleft =: quotedblleft ;
% LIGKERN quoteright quoteright =: quotedblright ;
% LIGKERN space {} * ; * {} space ; 0 {} * ; * {} 0 ;
% LIGKERN 1 {} * ; * {} 1 ; 2 {} * ; * {} 2 ; 3 {} * ; * {} 3 ;
% LIGKERN 4 {} * ; * {} 4 ; 5 {} * ; * {} 5 ; 6 {} * ; * {} 6 ;
% LIGKERN 7 {} * ; * {} 7 ; 8 {} * ; * {} 8 ; 9 {} * ; * {} 9 ;
</pre></div>
<hr>
<a name="Special-font-effects"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Afm2tfm-options" accesskey="n" rel="next">Afm2tfm options</a>, Previous: <a href="#Changing-font-encodings" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Changing font encodings</a>, Up: <a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking afm2tfm</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Special-font-effects-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.3.2 Special font effects</h4>
<a name="index-oblique-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-slanted-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-slanted"></a>
<p>Besides the reencodings described in the previous section, Afm2tfm can
do other manipulations. (Again, it’s best to use the prebuilt fonts
rather than attempting to remake them.)
</p>
<p>‘<samp>-s <var>slant</var></samp>’ makes an obliqued variant, as in:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm Times-Roman -s .167 -v ptmro rptmro
</pre></div>
<p>This creates <samp>ptmro.vpl</samp> and <samp>rptmro.tfm</samp>. To use this font,
put the line
</p>
<a name="index-SlantFont"></a>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">rptmro Times-Roman ".167 SlantFont"
</pre></div>
<p><a name="index-psfonts_002emap-1"></a>
into <samp>psfonts.map</samp>. Then ‘<samp>rptmro</samp>’ (our name for the obliqued
Times) will act as if it were a resident font, although it is actually
constructed from Times-Roman via the PostScript routine <code>SlantFont</code>
(which will slant everything 1/6 to the right, in this case).
</p>
<a name="index-expanded-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-expanded"></a>
<p>Similarly, you can get an expanded font with
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm Times-Roman -e 1.2 -v ptmrre rptmrre
</pre></div>
<p>and by recording the pseudo-resident font
<a name="index-ExtendFont"></a>
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">rptmrre Times-Roman "1.2 ExtendFont"
</pre></div>
<p>in <samp>psfonts.map</samp>.
</p>
<p>You can also create a small caps font with a command such as
<a name="index-small-caps-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-small-caps"></a>
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm Times-Roman -V ptmrc rptmrc
</pre></div>
<p>This will generate a set of pseudo-small caps mapped into the usual
lowercase positions and scaled down to 0.8 of the normal cap
dimensions. You can also specify the scaling as something other than
the default 0.8:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm Times-Roman -c 0.7 -V ptmrc rptmrc
</pre></div>
<p>It is unfortunately not possible to increase the width of the small caps
independently of the rest of the font. If you want a really
professional looking set of small caps, you need to acquire a small caps
font.
</p>
<a name="index-PaintType"></a>
<a name="index-outline-fonts-1"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-outlined"></a>
<p>To change the <code>PaintType</code> in a font from filled (0) to outlined
(2), you can add <code>"/PaintType 2 store"</code> to <samp>psfonts.map</samp>, as
in the following:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">rphvrl Helvetica "/PaintType 2 store"
</pre></div>
<p>Afm2tfm writes to standard output the line you need to add to
<samp>psfonts.map</samp> to use that font, assuming the font is resident in
the printer; if the font is not resident, you must add the
‘<samp><<var>filename</var></samp>’ command to download the font. Each identical
line only needs to be specified once in the ‘<samp>psfonts.map</samp>’ file,
even though many different fonts (small caps variants, or ones with
different output encodings) may be based on it.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Afm2tfm-options"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Special-font-effects" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Special font effects</a>, Up: <a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm" accesskey="u" rel="up">Invoking afm2tfm</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Afm2tfm-options-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">6.3.3 Afm2tfm options</h4>
<a name="index-options_002c-to-Afm2tfm"></a>
<a name="index-afm2tfm-options"></a>
<p>Synopsis:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm [<var>option</var>]… <var>afmfile</var>[.afm] [<var>tfmfile</var>[.tfm]]
</pre></div>
<p>Afm2tfm reads <var>afmfile</var> and writes a corresponding (but “raw”,
see below) TFM file. If <var>tfmfile</var> is not supplied, the base name
of the AFM file is extended with ‘<samp>.tfm</samp>’ to get the output
filename.
</p>
<p>The simplest example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">afm2tfm Times-Roman rptmr
</pre></div>
<a name="index-accents_002c-wrong"></a>
<a name="index-raw-tfm-files"></a>
<p>The TFM file thus created is <em>raw</em> because it omits ligature and
kern information, and does no character remapping; it contains only
the character information in the AFM file in TFM format, which is the form
that TeX understands. The characters have the same code in the TFM
file as in the AFM file. For text fonts, this means printable ASCII
characters will work ok, but little else, because standard PostScript
fonts have a different encoding scheme than the one that plain TeX
expects (see <a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a>). Although the encodings agree for most
printable ASCII characters, other characters such as ligatures and
accents vary. Thus, in practice, it’s almost always desirable to create
a virtual font as well with the ‘<samp>-v</samp>’ or ‘<samp>-V</samp>’ option.
See <a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a>.
</p>
<p>The command line options to Afm2tfm:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt>‘<samp>-a</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002da-1"></a>
<a name="index-accent-height-adjustment_002c-omitting"></a>
<p>By default, Afm2tfm looks for precomposed accented characters, such as
tdieresis, and possibly adjusts the height of the basic letter (t)
upward so that the result of using <code>\accent</code> (as in <code>\"t</code>)
is visually the same as the precomposed characters. The <code>-a</code>
option omits such adjustments, so that all characters’ heights remain
as they are given in the AFM file. (Until Afm2tfm 8.4, released in
2016, heights could also be adjusted downward, but this is no longer
the case.)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-c <var>ratio</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dc-ratio"></a>
<a name="index-scaling-small-caps"></a>
<p>See ‘<samp>-V</samp>’; overrides the default ratio of 0.8 for the
scaling of small caps.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-e <var>ratio</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002de-ratio"></a>
<a name="index-expanded-fonts-1"></a>
<a name="index-condensed-fonts"></a>
<p>Stretch characters horizontally by <var>ratio</var>; if less than 1.0, you
get a condensed font.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-O</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dO"></a>
<a name="index-octal-character-codes"></a>
<p>Output all character codes in the ‘<samp>vpl</samp>’ file as octal numbers, not
names; this is useful for symbol or other special-purpose fonts where
character names such as ‘<samp>A</samp>’ have no meaning.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-p <var>ps-enc</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dp-ps_002denc-1"></a>
<p>Use <var>ps-enc</var> for the destination (PostScript) encoding of the font;
<var>ps-enc</var> must be mentioned as a header file for the font in
‘<samp>psfonts.map</samp>’.
See <a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-s <var>slant</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002ds-slant"></a>
<a name="index-slanted-fonts_002c-making"></a>
<p>Slant characters to the right by <var>slant</var>. If <var>slant</var> is
negative, the letters slope to the left (or they might be upright if you
start with an italic font).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-t <var>tex-enc</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dt-tex_002denc-1"></a>
<p>Use <var>tex-enc</var> for the target (TeX) encoding of the font.
Ligature and kern information may also be specified in <var>file</var>.
<var>file</var> is not mentioned in <samp>psfonts.map</samp>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-T <var>ps-tex-enc</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dT-ps_002dtex_002denc"></a>
<p>Use <var>ps-tex-enc</var> for both the PostScript and target TeX encodings
of the font. Equivalent to ‘<samp>-p <var>file</var> -t <var>file</var></samp>’.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-u</samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002du"></a>
<p>Use only those characters specified in the TeX encoding, and no
others. By default, Afm2tfm tries to include all characters in the
input font, even those not present in the TeX encoding (it puts them
into otherwise-unused positions, arbitrarily).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-v <var>vpl-file</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dv-vpl_002dfile"></a>
<p>Output a VPL (virtual property list) file, as well as a TFM file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>‘<samp>-V <var>vpl-file</var></samp>’</dt>
<dd><a name="index-_002dV-vpl_002dfile"></a>
<p>Same as ‘<samp>-v</samp>’, but the virtual font generated is a pseudo small caps
font obtained by scaling uppercase letters by 0.8 to typeset
lowercase. This font handles accented letters and retains proper
kerning.
</p></dd>
</dl>
<hr>
<a name="psfonts_002emap"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Invoking afm2tfm</a>, Up: <a href="#PostScript-fonts" accesskey="u" rel="up">PostScript fonts</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="psfonts_002emap_003a-PostScript-font-catalog"></a>
<h3 class="section">6.4 <samp>psfonts.map</samp>: PostScript font catalog</h3>
<a name="index-psfonts_002emap-2"></a>
<a name="index-non_002dresident-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-downloading-PostScript-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-fonts_002c-downloading"></a>
<p>The <samp>psfonts.map</samp> file associates a PostScript font with related
files and constructs. Each line has the format:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example"><var>filename</var> <var>PostScript-name</var> <var>options</var>
</pre></div>
<a name="index-_003c-font-downloading"></a>
<p>For example, the line
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">rpstrn StoneInformal <StoneInformal.pfb
</pre></div>
<p>causes Dvips to download <samp>StoneInformal.pfb</samp> (just as if it were
a header file, see <a href="#Header-files">Header files</a>) if the DVI file (or a virtual
font, see <a href="#Virtual-fonts">Virtual fonts</a>) references the TFM file ‘<samp>rpstrn</samp>’.
The PostScript <code>/FontName</code> of the font defined inside the ‘<samp>pfb</samp>’
file should be <code>StoneInformal</code>.
</p>
<a name="index-transforming-downloaded-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-expanded-fonts-2"></a>
<a name="index-wide-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-narrow-fonts"></a>
<p>You can generate transformed fonts with a line like this:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">rpstrc StoneInformal <StoneInformal.pfb ".8 ExtendFont"
</pre></div>
<p>See <a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a>, for a
complete list of font effects.
</p>
<a name="index-reencoding-PostScript-fonts"></a>
<p>You can change the encoding of the Type 1 font at the PostScript
level with a ‘<samp>ReEncodeFont</samp>’ instruction, plus the name of the
encoding file. This allows you access to characters that may be present
in the Type 1 font file, but not encoded by default—most of the
preaccented characters, for example. An example:
</p><div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">pstrn8r StoneInformal "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <pstrn8a.pfb
</pre></div>
<a name="index-8r-font-encoding"></a>
<a name="index-base-encoding_002c-recommended"></a>
<p>The ‘<samp>8r</samp>’ encoding mentioned here has been designed to serve as a
base for all downloadable fonts; it allows access to all the characters
commonly present in a Type 1 font. For more details, see the
<samp>8r.enc</samp> source file that comes with (and is installed with) Dvips.
</p>
<a name="index-_003c_005b-encoding-vector-downloading"></a>
<p>You may notice that the same syntax is used for downloading encoding
vectors and Type 1 font files. To make your intentions clear, you can
also use ‘<samp><[</samp>’ to explicitly indicate you are downloading an
encoding vector, as in:
</p><div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">pstrn8r StoneInformal "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <[8r.enc <pstrn8a.pfb
</pre></div>
<a name="index-_002eenc-extension-for-encoding-vectors"></a>
<p>If the filename of your encoding vector does not end in ‘<samp>.enc</samp>’, and
you are using partial font downloading, you must use the ‘<samp><[</samp>’
syntax, or Dvips will not download the font properly.
</p>
<a name="index-_002epfa-extension-required-for-partial-downloading"></a>
<a name="index-_002epfb-extension-required-for-partial-downloading"></a>
<p>Similarly, the name of the Type 1 font file itself must have extension
<samp>.pfa</samp> or <samp>.pfb</samp> for partial downloading to work properly.
</p>
<a name="index-pfb-files_002c-automatically-unpacked"></a>
<p>When using PFB files, Dvips is smart enough to unpack the binary PFB
format into printable ASCII so there is no need to perform this
conversion yourself. In addition, Dvips scans the font to determine its
memory usage, just as it does for other header files (see <a href="#Header-files">Header files</a>).
</p>
<a name="index-partial-font-downloading"></a>
<a name="index-downloading-fonts-partially"></a>
<p>If the ‘<samp>j</samp>’ config file or command-line option is enabled (as it
is by default), <samp>StoneInformal.pfb</samp> will be <em>partially
downloaded</em>—only those characters your document actually uses will
be extracted and downloaded, and the remainder discarded.
See <a href="#Option-details">Option details</a>.
</p>
<a name="index-whole-font-downloading"></a>
<a name="index-multiple-master-fonts"></a>
<a name="index-Minion-typeface-family"></a>
<a name="index-_003c_003c-whole-font-downloading"></a>
<p>Adobe Multiple Master fonts, such as Minion, cannot be partially
downloaded. To partially download in general, but avoid partial
downloading for individual fonts, use ‘<samp><<</samp>’ instead ‘<samp><</samp>’:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">pmnr8r Minion <<Minion.pfb
</pre></div>
<p>Here is a brief summary of how <samp>psfonts.map</samp> is read:
</p>
<ol>
<li> If a line is empty or begins with a space, percent, asterisk,
semicolon, or hash mark, it is ignored.
</li><li> Otherwise, the line is separated into words, where words are
separated by spaces or tabs, except that if a word begins with a double
quote, it extends until the next double quote or the end of the line.
</li><li> If a word starts with ‘<samp><<</samp>’, it is taken as a font file to be
wholly downloaded. Use this to avoid partial downloading, as described
above.
</li><li> If a word starts with ‘<samp><[</samp>’, it is taken as an encoding file
to be downloaded. Use this if the name of the encoding file does end in
‘<samp>.enc</samp>’, also as described above.
</li><li> If a word starts with a ‘<samp><</samp>’ character, it is
treated as a header file that needs to be downloaded. If the name ends
in ‘<samp>.pfa</samp>’ or ‘<samp>.pfb</samp>’, it is taken as Type 1 font file that will
be partially downloaded if the ‘<samp>j</samp>’ option is in effect. There can
be more than one such header for a given font. If a ‘<samp><</samp>’ is a word
by itself, the next word is taken as the name of the header file.
</li><li> If a word starts with a ‘<samp>"</samp>’ character, it is taken as PostScript
code used in generating that font, and is inserted into the output
verbatim at the appropriate point. (And the double quotes beginning and
ending the word are removed.)
</li><li> Otherwise the word is a name. The first such name is the TFM
file, that either a DVI file or a virtual font file can refer to. If
there is a second name, it is used as the PostScript name and should
match what is defined in the downloaded file; if there is only one
name, it is used for both the TeX name and the PostScript name.
</li></ol>
<hr>
<a name="Color"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Index" accesskey="n" rel="next">Index</a>, Previous: <a href="#PostScript-fonts" accesskey="p" rel="prev">PostScript fonts</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Color-1"></a>
<h2 class="chapter">7 Color</h2>
<a name="index-color"></a>
<a name="index-Hafner_002c-Jim"></a>
<p>Dvips supports one-pass multi-color printing of TeX documents on any
color PostScript device. Initially added by Jim Hafner, IBM Research,
<a href="mailto:hafner@almaden.ibm.com">hafner@almaden.ibm.com</a>, the color support has gone through many
changes by Tomas Rokicki. Besides the source code support itself, there
are additional TeX macro files: ‘<samp>colordvi.tex</samp>’ and
‘<samp>blackdvi.tex</samp>’, and corresponding ‘<samp>.sty</samp>’ versions for use with
LaTeX.
</p>
<p>In this section we describe the use of color from the document
preparer’s point of view and then add some instructions on installation
for the TeX administrator.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Color-macro-files" accesskey="1">Color macro files</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">TeX macro definitions.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#User_002ddefinable-colors" accesskey="2">User-definable colors</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Adding your own colors.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Color-subtleties" accesskey="3">Color subtleties</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Subtleties in using color.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Ted-Turner" accesskey="4">Ted Turner</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Printing in black/white after colorizing.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Color-device-configuration" accesskey="5">Color device configuration</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Configuring Dvips for color devices.
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Color-support-details" accesskey="6">Color support details</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Color support details
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Color-macro-files"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#User_002ddefinable-colors" accesskey="n" rel="next">User-definable colors</a>, Up: <a href="#Color" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Color-macro-files-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">7.1 Color macro files</h3>
<a name="index-macros-for-color"></a>
<a name="index-color-macros"></a>
<p>All the color macro commands are defined in ‘<samp>colordvi.tex</samp>’ (or
‘<samp>colordvi.sty</samp>’). To access these macros simply add to the top of
your plain TeX file the command:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">\input colordvi
</pre></div>
<p>For (the obsolete) LaTeX 2.09, add the ‘<samp>colordvi</samp>’ style option as in:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">\documentstyle[12pt,colordvi]{article}
</pre></div>
<p>For LaTeX 2e, these examples are not applicable. Instead, please see
the documentation for the graphics package, available from
<samp><var>CTAN</var>:doc/latex/graphics/</samp>. See also
<samp><var>CTAN</var>:doc/epslatex.ps</samp>.
</p>
<a name="index-Crayola-crayon-box"></a>
<a name="index-Pantone-colors"></a>
<a name="index-color-names_002c-mixed-case"></a>
<p>These macros provide two basic kinds of color macros: ones for local
color changes (a few words, a single symbol) and one for global color
changes (the whole document). All the color names use a mixed case
scheme to avoid conflicts with other macros. There are 68 predefined
colors, with names taken primarily from the Crayola crayon box of 64
colors, and one pair of macros for the user to set his own color pattern
(see <a href="#User_002ddefinable-colors">User-definable colors</a>). You can browse the file
‘<samp>colordvi.tex</samp>’ for a list of the predefined colors. The comments
in this file also show a rough correspondence between the crayon names
and Pantones.
</p>
<p>A local color command has the form
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\<var>ColorName</var>{this is the color <var>ColorName</var>}
</pre></div>
<a name="index-_005cColorName"></a>
<p>where <var>ColorName</var> is the name of a predefined color, e.g.,
‘<samp>Blue</samp>’. As shown, these macros take one argument, the text to
print in the specified color. This can be used for nested color changes
since it restores the original color state when it completes. For
example:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">This text is normal but here we are \Red{switching to red,
\Blue{nesting blue}, recovering the red} and back to original.
</pre></div>
<p><a name="index-color-nesting-level"></a>
The color nesting level has no hard limit, but it is not advisable to
nest too deeply lest you and the reader lose track of the color history.
</p>
<p>The global color command has the form
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\text<var>ColorName</var>
</pre></div>
<p><a name="index-_005ctextColorName"></a>
These macros take no arguments and changes the default color from that
point on to <var>ColorName</var>. This of course can be overridden globally
by another such command or locally by local color commands. For example,
expanding on the example above, we might have
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\textGreen
This text is green but here we are \Red{switching to red,
\Blue{nesting blue}, recovering the red} and back to
original green.
\textCyan
The text from here on will be cyan until
\Yellow{locally changed to yellow}. Now we are back to cyan.
</pre></div>
<p>The color commands will even work in math mode and across math mode
boundaries. This means that if you have a color before going into math
mode, the mathematics will be set in that color as well. In alignment
environments like <code>\halign</code>, ‘<samp>tabular</samp>’ or ‘<samp>eqnarray</samp>’,
local color commands cannot extend beyond the alignment characters.
</p>
<p>Because local color commands respect only some environment and
delimiter changes besides their own, care must be taken in setting
their scope. It is best not to have them stretch too far.
</p>
<p>At the present time there are no macros for color environments in LaTeX
which might have a larger range. This is primarily to keep the TeX
and LaTeX use compatible.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="User_002ddefinable-colors"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Color-subtleties" accesskey="n" rel="next">Color subtleties</a>, Previous: <a href="#Color-macro-files" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Color macro files</a>, Up: <a href="#Color" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="User_002ddefinable-colors-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">7.2 User-definable colors</h3>
<a name="index-user_002ddefinable-colors"></a>
<a name="index-colors_002c-user_002ddefinable"></a>
<p>There are two ways for the user to specify colors not already defined.
For local changes, there is the command <code>\Color</code> which takes two
arguments. The first argument is four numbers between zero and one and
specifies the intensity of cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) in
that order. The second argument is the text that should appear in the
given color. For example, suppose you want the words “this color is
pretty” to appear in a color which is 50% cyan, 85% magenta, 40% yellow
and 20% black. You would use the command
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\Color{.5 .85 .4 .2}{this color is pretty}
</pre></div>
<p>For global color changes, there is a command <code>\textColor</code> which
takes one argument, the CMYK quadruple of relative color intensities.
For example, if you want the default color to be as above, then the
command
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\textColor{.5 .85 .4 .2}
The text from now on will be this pretty color
</pre></div>
<p>will do the trick.
</p>
<p>Making a global color change in the midst of nested local colors is
highly discouraged. Consequently, Dvips will give you warning message
and do its best to recover by discarding the current color history.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Color-subtleties"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Ted-Turner" accesskey="n" rel="next">Ted Turner</a>, Previous: <a href="#User_002ddefinable-colors" accesskey="p" rel="prev">User-definable colors</a>, Up: <a href="#Color" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Color-subtleties-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">7.3 Color subtleties</h3>
<a name="index-color-subtleties"></a>
<p>Color macros are defined via <code>\special</code> keywords. As such, they
are put in the ‘<samp>.dvi</samp>’ file only as explicit message strings to the
driver. The (unpleasant) result is that certain unprotected regions of
the text can have unwanted color side effects. For example, if a color
region is split by TeX across a page boundary, then the footers of
the current page (e.g., the page number) and the headers of the next
page can inherit that color. To avoid this effect globally, users
should make sure that these special regions of the text are defined with
their own local color commands. For example, to protect the
header and footer in plain TeX, use
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">\headline{\Black{My Header}}
\footline{\Black{\hss\tenrm\folio\hss}}
</pre></div>
<p>This warning also applies to figures and other insertions, so be careful!
</p>
<p>Of course, in LaTeX, this is much more difficult to do because of the
complexity of the macros that control these regions. This is
unfortunate but inevitable, because TeX and LaTeX were
not written with color in mind.
</p>
<p>Even when writing your own macros, much care must be taken. The macros
that ‘colorize’ a portion of the text work prefix the text work by
outputting one <code>\special</code> command to turn the color on before the
text, and outputting another <code>\special</code> command afterwards to
restore the original color. It is often useful to ensure that TeX is
in horizontal mode before the first special command is issued; this can
be done by prefixing the color command with <code>\leavevmode</code>.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Ted-Turner"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Color-device-configuration" accesskey="n" rel="next">Color device configuration</a>, Previous: <a href="#Color-subtleties" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Color subtleties</a>, Up: <a href="#Color" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Printing-in-black_002fwhite-after-colorizing"></a>
<h3 class="section">7.4 Printing in black/white after colorizing</h3>
<p>If you have a TeX or LaTeX document written with color macros and
you want to print it in black and white there are two options. On all
(good) PostScript devices, printing a color file will print in
corresponding gray levels. This is useful to get a rough idea of the
colors without using expensive color printing devices. The second
option is to replace the call to input <samp>colordvi.tex</samp> with
‘<samp>blackdvi.tex</samp>’ (and similarly for the ‘<samp>.sty</samp>’ files). So in
the above example, replacing the word ‘<samp>colordvi</samp>’ with
‘<samp>blackdvi</samp>’ suffices. <samp>blackdvi.tex</samp> defines the color macros
as no-ops, and so will produce normal black/white printing. By this
simple mechanism, the user can switch to all black/white printing
without having to ferret out the color commands. Also, some device
drivers, particularly non-PostScript ones like screen previewers, will
simply ignore the color commands and so print in black/white.
Hopefully, in the future screen previewers for color displays will be
compatible with some form of color support.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Color-device-configuration"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Color-support-details" accesskey="n" rel="next">Color support details</a>, Previous: <a href="#Ted-Turner" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Ted Turner</a>, Up: <a href="#Color" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Color-device-configuration-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">7.5 Color device configuration</h3>
<a name="index-color-configuration"></a>
<a name="index-configuration_002c-of-color-devices"></a>
<p>To configure Dvips for a particular color device you need to fine tune
the color parameters to match your device’s color rendition. To do this,
you will need a Pantone chart for your device. The header file
‘<samp>color.lpro</samp>’ shows a (rough) correspondence between the Crayola
crayon names and the Pantone numbers and also defines default CMYK
values for each of the colors. Note that these colors must be defined
in CMYK terms and not RGB, as Dvips outputs PostScript color commands in
CMYK. This header file also defines (if they are not known to the
interpreter) the PostScript commands ‘<samp>setcmykcolor</samp>’ and
‘<samp>currentcmykcolor</samp>’ in terms of a RGB equivalent so if your device
only understands RGB, there should be no problem.
</p>
<a name="index-Phaser-printer_002c-used-for-color-calibration"></a>
<a name="index-Tektronix-Phaser-printer_002c-used-for-color-calibration"></a>
<p>The parameters set in this file were determined by comparing the Pantone
chart of a Tektronix Phaser printer with the actual Crayola Crayons.
Because these were defined for a particular device, the actual color
rendition on your device may be very different. There are two ways to
adjust this. One is to use the PAntone chart for your device to rewrite
‘<samp>color.lpro</samp>’ prior to compilation and installation. A better
alternative, which supports multiple devices, is to add a header file
option in the configuration file (see <a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a>)
for each device that defines, in ‘<samp>userdict</samp>’, the color parameters
for those colors that need redefining.
</p>
<p>For example, if you need to change the parameters defining
‘<samp>Goldenrod</samp>’ (approximately Pantone 109 on the Phaser) for your
device ‘<samp>mycolordev</samp>’, do the following. In the Pantone chart for
your device, find the CMYK values for Pantone 109. Let’s say they are
‘<samp>{\ 0 0.10 0.75 0.03 }</samp>’. Then create a header file named
‘<samp>mycolordev.pro</samp>’ with the commands
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">userdict begin
/Goldenrod { 0 0.10 0.75 0.03 setcmykcolor} bind def
</pre></div>
<p>Finally, in ‘<samp>config.mycolordev</samp>’ add the line
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">h mycolordev.pro
</pre></div>
<p>This will then define ‘<samp>Goldenrod</samp>’ in your device’s CMYK values in
<samp>userdict</samp> which is checked before defining it in <samp>TeXdict</samp> by
<samp>color.pro</samp>. (On MS-DOS, you will have to call this file
<samp>mycolordev.cfg</samp>.)
</p>
<p>This mechanism, together with additions to <samp>colordvi.tex</samp> and
<samp>blackdvi.tex</samp> (and the ‘<samp>.sty</samp>’ files), can also be used to
predefine other colors for your users.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Color-support-details"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Color-device-configuration" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Color device configuration</a>, Up: <a href="#Color" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Color-support-details-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">7.6 Color support details</h3>
<p>To support color, Dvips recognizes a certain set of specials. These
specials start with the keyword ‘<samp>color</samp>’ or the keyword
‘<samp>background</samp>’, followed by a color specification.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Color-specifications" accesskey="1">Color specifications</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Color-specials" accesskey="2">Color specials</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">
</td></tr>
</table>
<hr>
<a name="Color-specifications"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Next: <a href="#Color-specials" accesskey="n" rel="next">Color specials</a>, Up: <a href="#Color-support-details" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color support details</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Color-specifications-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">7.6.1 Color specifications</h4>
<a name="index-color-specifications"></a>
<p>What is a color specification? One of three things. First, it might be
a PostScript procedure as defined in a PostScript header file. The
<samp>color.pro</samp> file defines 64 of these, including ‘<samp>Maroon</samp>’.
This PostScript procedure must set the current color to be some value;
in this case, ‘<samp>Maroon</samp>’ is defined as ‘<samp>0 0.87 0.68 0.32
setcmykcolor</samp>’.
</p>
<p>The second possibility is the name of a color model (initially, one of
‘<samp>rgb</samp>’, ‘<samp>hsb</samp>’, ‘<samp>cmyk</samp>’, or ‘<samp>gray</samp>’) followed by the
appropriate number of parameters. When Dvips encounters such a macro,
it sends out the parameters first, followed by the string created by
prefixing ‘<samp>TeXcolor</samp>’ to the color model. Thus, the color
specification ‘<samp>rgb 0.3 0.4 0.5</samp>’ would generate the PostScript code
‘<samp>0.3 0.4 0.5 TeXrgbcolor</samp>’. Note that the case of zero arguments is
disallowed, as that is handled by the single keyword case
(‘<samp>Maroon</samp>’) above, where no changes to the name are made before it
is sent to the PostScript file.
</p>
<p>The third and final type of color specification is a double quote
followed by any sequence of PostScript. The double quote is stripped
from the output. For instance, the color specification
‘<samp>"AggiePattern setpattern</samp>’ will set the ‘color’ to the Aggie logo
pattern (assuming such exists.)
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Color-specials"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Color-specifications" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Color specifications</a>, Up: <a href="#Color-support-details" accesskey="u" rel="up">Color support details</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Color-specials-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">7.6.2 Color specials</h4>
<p>We will describe ‘<samp>background</samp>’ first, since it is the simplest. The
‘<samp>background</samp>’ keyword must be followed by a color specification.
That color specification is used as a fill color for the background.
The last ‘<samp>background</samp>’ special on a page is the one that gets
issued, and it gets issued at the very beginning of the page, before any
text or specials are sent. (This is possible because the prescan phase
of Dvips notices all of the color specials so that the appropriate
information can be written out during the second phase.)
</p>
<p>The ‘<samp>color</samp>’ special itself has three forms.
The first is just ‘<samp>color</samp>’ followed by a color specification. In
this case, the current global color is set to that color; the color stack
must be empty when such a command is executed.
</p>
<p>The second form is ‘<samp>color push</samp>’ followed by a color specification.
This saves the current color on the color stack and sets the color to be
that given by the color specification. This is the most common way to
set a color.
</p>
<p>The final version of the ‘<samp>color</samp>’ special is just ‘<samp>color pop</samp>’,
with no color specification; this says to pop the color last pushed on
the color stack from the color stack and set the current color to be
that color.
</p>
<p>Dvips correctly handles these color specials across pages, even when the
pages are repeated or reversed.
</p>
<p>These color specials can be used for things such as patterns or screens
as well as simple colors. However, note that in the PostScript, only
one color specification can be active at a time. For instance, at the
beginning of a page, only the bottommost entry on the color stack is
sent; also, when a color is popped, all that is done is that the color
specification from the previous stack entry is sent. No ‘<samp>gsave</samp>’ or
‘<samp>grestore</samp>’ is used. This means that you cannot easily mix usage of
the ‘<samp>color</samp>’ specials for screens and colors, just one or the other.
This may be addressed in the future by adding support for different
categories of color-like state.
</p>
<hr>
<a name="Index"></a>
<div class="header">
<p>
Previous: <a href="#Color" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Color</a>, Up: <a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">Top</a> [<a href="#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<a name="Index-1"></a>
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<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002d_002dhelp-1"><code>--help</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002da-1"><code>-a</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dB"><code>-B</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002db-num"><code>-b <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dc-num"><code>-c <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dC-num"><code>-C <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dc-ratio"><code>-c <var>ratio</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dd-num"><code>-d <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dD-num"><code>-D <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dE"><code>-E</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002de-num"><code>-e <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002de-ratio"><code>-e <var>ratio</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002df"><code>-f</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dF"><code>-F</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dG"><code>-G</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dh-name"><code>-h <var>name</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002di"><code>-i</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dj-for-partial-font-downloading"><code>-j <span class="roman">for partial font downloading</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dK"><code>-K</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dk-for-cropmarks"><code>-k <span class="roman">for cropmarks</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dL"><code>-L</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dl-_005b_003d_005dnum"><code>-l [=]<var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dm"><code>-m</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dM"><code>-M</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dmode"><code>-mode</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dmode-mode"><code>-mode <var>mode</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dN"><code>-N</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dn-num"><code>-n <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dnoomega"><code>-noomega</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dnoptex"><code>-noptex</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dO"><code>-O</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002do-name"><code>-o <var>name</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dO-x_002doffset_002cy_002doffset"><code>-O <var>x-offset</var>,<var>y-offset</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dP-printer"><code>-P <var>printer</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dp-ps_002denc"><code>-p <var>ps-enc</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dp-ps_002denc-1"><code>-p <var>ps-enc</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dp-_005b_003d_005dnum"><code>-p [=]<var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dpp-first_002dlast"><code>-pp <var>first</var>-<var>last</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dpp-range"><code>-pp <var>range</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dPprinter_002c-and-config-file-searching"><code>-P<var>printer</var><span class="roman">, and config file searching</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dq"><code>-q</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dr"><code>-r</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dR"><code>-R</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002ds"><code>-s</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dS-num"><code>-S <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002ds-slant"><code>-s <var>slant</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dT-enc_002dfile"><code>-T <var>enc-file</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-both-encodings">Changing both encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dT-hsize_002cvsize"><code>-T <var>hsize</var>,<var>vsize</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dt-papertype"><code>-t <var>papertype</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dT-ps_002dtex_002denc"><code>-T <var>ps-tex-enc</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dt-tex_002denc"><code>-t <var>tex-enc</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-TeX-encodings">Changing TeX encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dt-tex_002denc-1"><code>-t <var>tex-enc</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dU"><code>-U</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002du"><code>-u</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002du-psmapfile"><code>-u <var>psmapfile</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dv"><code>-v</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dV"><code>-V</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dv-vpl_002dfile"><code>-v <var>vpl-file</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dV-vpl_002dfile"><code>-V <var>vpl-file</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dx-num"><code>-x <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dX-num"><code>-X <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dY-num"><code>-Y <var>num</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dz"><code>-z</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dZ-for-compressing-bitmap-fonts"><code>-Z <span class="roman">for compressing bitmap fonts</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002dz-for-recognizing-hyperdvi"><code>-z <span class="roman">for recognizing hyperdvi</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-7">.</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002e_002e_002drelative-filenames"><samp>..</samp>-relative filenames</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002eafm-Adobe-metric-files"><code>.afm <span class="roman">Adobe metric files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002edvipsrc_002c-searched-for"><code>.dvipsrc<span class="roman">, searched for</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002eenc-extension-for-encoding-vectors"><code>.enc <span class="roman">extension for encoding vectors</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002elpro-long-prologue-files"><code>.lpro <span class="roman">long prologue files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Header-files">Header files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002emf-Metafont-source-files"><code>.mf <span class="roman">Metafont source files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002ennnpk-packed-font-bitmaps"><code>.<var>nnn</var>pk <span class="roman">packed font bitmaps</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002epfa-extension-required-for-partial-downloading"><code>.pfa <span class="roman">extension required for partial downloading</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002epfa-printer-font-ascii-files"><code>.pfa <span class="roman">printer font ascii files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002epfb-extension-required-for-partial-downloading"><code>.pfb <span class="roman">extension required for partial downloading</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002epfb-printer-font-binary-files"><code>.pfb <span class="roman">printer font binary files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002epfm-printer-font-metric-files"><code>.pfm <span class="roman">printer font metric files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002epl-property-list-files"><code>.pl <span class="roman">property list files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002epro-prologue-files"><code>.pro <span class="roman">prologue files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Header-files">Header files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002etfm-TeX-font-metric-files"><code>.tfm <span class="roman">TeX font metric files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-8">/</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002f_0023copies"><code>/#copies</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002f_0023copies-1"><code>/#copies</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_002fmagscale"><code>/magscale</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-9">6</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-612-792-bounding-box-size"><code>612 792 <span class="roman">bounding box size</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-10">8</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-8r-encoding_002c-and-extra-characters"><code>8r <span class="roman">encoding, and extra characters</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-8r-font-encoding">8r font encoding</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-8r_002eenc"><code>8r.enc</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-11"><</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_003c-font-downloading"><code>< <span class="roman">font downloading</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_003c_003c-whole-font-downloading"><code><< <span class="roman">whole font downloading</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_003c_005b-encoding-vector-downloading"><code><[ <span class="roman">encoding vector downloading</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-12">=</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_003d_003a-ligature-operation"><code>=: <span class="roman">ligature operation</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encoding-file-format">Encoding file format</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-13">@</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_0040-config-command-_0028define-paper-sizes_0029"><code>@ <span class="roman">config command (define paper sizes)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-14">\</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005c_002e"><code>\.</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cAA"><code>\AA</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cColorName"><code>\<var>ColorName</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cdot"><code>\dot</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cepsffile-macro"><code>\epsffile <span class="roman">macro</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cepsfsize"><code>\epsfsize</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cepsfverbosetrue"><code>\epsfverbosetrue</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cepsfxsize"><code>\epsfxsize</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cepsfysize"><code>\epsfysize</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cH"><code>\H</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cincludegraphics-LaTeX-macro">\includegraphics LaTeX macro</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics">\includegraphics</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cleavevmode"><code>\leavevmode</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005cmagnification"><code>\magnification</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005crotninety"><code>\rotninety</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-examples">Literal examples</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_005ctextColorName"><code>\text<var>ColorName</var></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-15">|</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_007c-starting-output-filename"><code>| <span class="roman">starting output filename</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-A">A</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-a-config-command-_0028conserve-memory_0029"><code>a <span class="roman">config command (conserve memory)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-A-ring_002c-Scandinavian-letter">A ring, Scandinavian letter</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-a3-papertype">a3 papertype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-a4-paper-size"><code>a4 <span class="roman">paper size</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-a4-papertype">a4 papertype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-A4size-paper-size"><code>A4size <span class="roman">paper size</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-absolute-filenames_002c-disabling">absolute filenames, disabling</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-absolute-page-number_002c-and-_002dl">absolute page number, and ‘<samp>-l</samp>’</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-absolute-page-number_002c-and-_002dp">absolute page number, and ‘<samp>-p</samp>’</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-accent-height-adjustment_002c-omitting">accent height adjustment, omitting</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-accents_002c-in-wrong-position">accents, in wrong position</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-accents_002c-wrong">accents, wrong</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-accuracy-in-positioning">accuracy in positioning</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-afm-files">afm files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-afm2tfm"><code>afm2tfm</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-afm2tfm-1"><code>afm2tfm</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm">Invoking afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-afm2tfm-options">afm2tfm options</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-after-header_002c-inserting-code">after header, inserting code</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Aladdin-Ghostscript">Aladdin Ghostscript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Anderson_002c-Laurie">Anderson, Laurie</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-angle-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>angle <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-arcs">arcs</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ASCII-character-codes_002c-used-by-PostScript">ASCII character codes, used by PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-atend_002c-bounding-box-specification"><code>atend<span class="roman">, bounding box specification</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-B">B</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-b-config-command-_0028_0023copies_0029"><code>b <span class="roman">config command (#copies)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-base"><code>base</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-base-encoding_002c-recommended">base encoding, recommended</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-base-fonts">base fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Virtual-fonts">Virtual fonts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bbfig"><code>bbfig</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-before-header_002c-inserting-code">before header, inserting code</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Bhattacharya_002c-Tanmoy">Bhattacharya, Tanmoy</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-big-points">big points</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-binary-files_002c-not-supported">binary files, not supported</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-graphics-fails">Including graphics fails</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bitmap-fonts">bitmap fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bop-undefined-error"><tt>bop undefined</tt> error</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Printer-errors">Printer errors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bop_002dhook"><code>bop-hook</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-trays">Paper trays</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bop_002dhook-1"><code>bop-hook</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bop_002dhook-2"><code>bop-hook</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bop_002dhook_002c-and-offset-pages"><code>bop-hook<span class="roman">, and offset pages</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-boundary-character">boundary character</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encoding-file-format">Encoding file format</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bounding-box_002c-comment-for">bounding box, comment for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bounding-box_002c-defined">bounding box, defined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bounding-box_002c-determining">bounding box, determining</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bounding-box_002c-finding-tight">bounding box, finding tight</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bounding-box_002c-inaccurate">bounding box, inaccurate</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-clipping">EPSF clipping</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bounding-box_002c-supplying-to-TeX">bounding box, supplying to TeX</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics">\includegraphics</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-bounding-box_002c-supplying-to-TeX-1">bounding box, supplying to TeX</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-C">C</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-c-config-command-_0028include-another-config-file_0029"><code>c <span class="roman">config command (include another config file)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-changing-PostScript-encodings">changing PostScript encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-changing-TeX-encodings">changing TeX encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-TeX-encodings">Changing TeX encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-character-definitions-in-PostScript">character definitions in PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-character-lookup-procedure-in-PostScript">character lookup procedure in PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-CharStrings-Type-1-dictionary"><code>CharStrings <span class="roman">Type 1 dictionary</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-clip-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>clip <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-clipping-of-EPSF">clipping of EPSF</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-clipping">EPSF clipping</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-CODINGSCHEME"><code>CODINGSCHEME</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-collated-copies">collated copies</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color">color</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color">Color</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color-configuration">color configuration</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-device-configuration">Color device configuration</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color-macros">color macros</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color-names_002c-mixed-case">color names, mixed case</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color-nesting-level">color nesting level</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color-separations">color separations</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color-specifications">color specifications</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-specifications">Color specifications</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-color-subtleties">color subtleties</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-subtleties">Color subtleties</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-colors_002c-user_002ddefinable">colors, user-definable</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#User_002ddefinable-colors">User-definable colors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-command-line_002c-including-headers-from">command line, including headers from</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line">Including headers from the command line</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-command_002dline-options">command-line options</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Invoking-Dvips">Invoking Dvips</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-comments_002c-in-configuration-files">comments, in configuration files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-comments_002c-in-encoding-files">comments, in encoding files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encoding-file-format">Encoding file format</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-comments_002c-removing-included">comments, removing included</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-compilation">compilation</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Installation">Installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-compressed-PostScript">compressed PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics">Dynamic creation of graphics</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-compressing-bitmap-fonts">compressing bitmap fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Computer-Modern-in-PostScript">Computer Modern in PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Computer-Modern_002c-encoding-of">Computer Modern, encoding of</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-condensed-fonts">condensed fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-config_002eproto"><code>config.proto</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-config_002eps"><code>config.ps</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-config_002eps-installation"><code>config.ps <span class="roman">installation</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-config_002eps-paper-sizes"><code>config.ps <span class="roman">paper sizes</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-config_002eps_002c-searched-for"><code>config.ps<span class="roman">, searched for</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration-file-options">configuration file options</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration-file-paper-size-command">configuration file paper size command</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration-file-path">configuration file path</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration-file-searching">configuration file searching</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration-files">configuration files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-files">Config files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration-files_002c-creating">configuration files, creating</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration-files_002c-prototype">configuration files, prototype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration_002c-of-color-devices">configuration, of color devices</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-device-configuration">Color device configuration</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-configuration_002c-of-Dvips">configuration, of Dvips</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Installation">Installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-continuation-lines_002c-not-supported">continuation lines, not supported</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-control_002dD">control-D</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-copies_002c-collated">copies, collated</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-copies_002c-duplicated-page-bodies">copies, duplicated page bodies</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-copies_002c-uncollated">copies, uncollated</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Crayola-crayon-box">Crayola crayon box</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-crop_002epro"><code>crop.pro</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-cropmarks">cropmarks</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-current-font_002c-in-PostScript">current font, in PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-D">D</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-D-config-command-_0028dpi_0029"><code>D <span class="roman">config command (dpi)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dated-output">dated output</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-datestamp_002c-in-output">datestamp, in output</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-debugging">debugging</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Diagnosing-problems">Diagnosing problems</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-debugging-1">debugging</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-debugging-options">debugging options</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Debug-options">Debug options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-default-resolutions">default resolutions</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-default_005ftexsizes-Make-variable"><code>default_texsizes <span class="roman">Make variable</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Deutsch_002c-Peter">Deutsch, Peter</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-device-dependency_002c-and-virtual-fonts">device dependency, and virtual fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dictionary_002c-CharStrings">dictionary, <code>CharStrings</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dictionary_002c-PostScript-language">dictionary, PostScript language</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dictionary_002c-SDict">dictionary, <code>SDict</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-headers">Literal headers</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dictionary_002c-userdict">dictionary, <code>userdict</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Header-files">Header files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-distillation_002c-and-_002dz">distillation, and ‘<samp>-z</samp>’</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-distiller_002c-for-PDF-files">distiller, for PDF files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dot-accent">dot accent</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-double_002dsided-printing">double-sided printing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-downloading-fonts-partially">downloading fonts partially</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-downloading-PostScript-fonts">downloading PostScript fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Doyle_002c-Mark">Doyle, Mark</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-draft-copies">draft copies</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dual-paper-trays">dual paper trays</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-trays">Paper trays</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-duplex-printers">duplex printers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line">Including headers from the command line</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVI-magnification">DVI magnification</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dvihps_002c-hyperdvi-to-PostScript"><code>dvihps<span class="roman">, hyperdvi to PostScript</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Dvips-configuration-file-options">Dvips configuration file options</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dvips_002eenc"><code>dvips.enc</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSDEBUG"><code>DVIPSDEBUG</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSFONTS"><code>DVIPSFONTS</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSHEADERS"><code>DVIPSHEADERS</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSHEADERS_002c-overrides-H"><code>DVIPSHEADERS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> H</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSMAKEPK"><code>DVIPSMAKEPK</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSRC"><code>DVIPSRC</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSSIZES"><code>DVIPSSIZES</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-DVIPSSIZES_002c-overrides-R"><code>DVIPSSIZES<span class="roman">, overrides</span> R</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-dynamic-creation-of-graphics">dynamic creation of graphics</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics">Dynamic creation of graphics</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-E">E</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-e-config-command-_0028maxdrift_0029"><code>e <span class="roman">config command (maxdrift)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-E-config-command-_0028shell-escape_0029"><code>E <span class="roman">config command (shell escape)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-efficiency_002c-and-fonts">efficiency, and fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ehandler_002eps"><code>ehandler.ps</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#No-output">No output</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-embedding-Type-1-fonts">embedding Type 1 fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-encoding-changes">encoding changes</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-font-encodings">Changing font encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-encoding-file-format">encoding file format</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encoding-file-format">Encoding file format</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-encoding-files">encoding files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Encoding-Type-1-dictionary"><code>Encoding <span class="roman">Type 1 dictionary</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-encoding-vectors_002c-defined">encoding vectors, defined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-encoding-vectors_002c-in-Type-1-fonts">encoding vectors, in Type 1 fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-encodings">encodings</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-end_002dhook"><code>end-hook</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-environment-variables">environment variables</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-EOF">EOF</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-eop_002dhook"><code>eop-hook</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-EPS_002c-and-Ghostview">EPS, and Ghostview</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-EPSF_002c-generating">EPSF, generating</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-epsf_002esty"><code>epsf.sty</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-epsf_002etex"><code>epsf.tex</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Epson-printers">Epson printers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-error-messages-from-printer">error messages from printer</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Printer-errors">Printer errors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-even-pages-only">even pages only</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-examples-of-literal-PostScript">examples of literal PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-examples">Literal examples</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-expanded-fonts">expanded fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-expanded-fonts-1">expanded fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-expanded-fonts-2">expanded fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-expansion_002c-of-virtual-fonts">expansion, of virtual fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Virtual-fonts">Virtual fonts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-extended-URL">extended URL</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ExtendFont"><code>ExtendFont</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-extra-characters_002c-accessing">extra characters, accessing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-F">F</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-f-config-command-_0028filter_0029"><code>f <span class="roman">config command (filter)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-F-config-command-_0028filter_0029"><code>F <span class="roman">config command (filter)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-failure_002c-and-printer-errors">failure, and printer errors</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Printer-errors">Printer errors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-failure_002c-of-long-documents">failure, of long documents</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Long-documents-fail">Long documents fail</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-failure_002c-to-include-graphics">failure, to include graphics</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-graphics-fails">Including graphics fails</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-failure_002c-to-print-at-all">failure, to print at all</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#No-output">No output</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fallback-resolutions">fallback resolutions</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-figures-and-fonts">figures and fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Fonts-in-figures">Fonts in figures</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-figures_002c-natural-size">figures, natural size</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-figures_002c-scaling">figures, scaling</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-filter_002c-running-as-a">filter, running as a</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-first-page-printed">first page printed</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-font-concepts">font concepts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Font-concepts">Font concepts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-font-generation_002c-avoiding">font generation, avoiding</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fontinst"><code>fontinst</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm">Invoking afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-as-header-files">fonts, as header files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-changing-encoding-of">fonts, changing encoding of</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-font-encodings">Changing font encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-downloading">fonts, downloading</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-expanded">fonts, expanded</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-in-PostScript-figures">fonts, in PostScript figures</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Fonts-in-figures">Fonts in figures</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-installation-of-PostScript">fonts, installation of PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-font-installation">PostScript font installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-installing">fonts, installing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-outlined">fonts, outlined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-slanted">fonts, slanted</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-small-caps">fonts, small caps</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-fonts_002c-system-PostScript">fonts, system PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-font-installation">PostScript font installation</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-G">G</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-G-config-command-_0028character-shifting_0029"><code>G <span class="roman">config command (character shifting)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-gf-files">gf files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-gftopk"><code>gftopk</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ghostview"><code>ghostview</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Ghostview_002c-and-no-N">Ghostview, and no ‘<samp>N</samp>’</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-glyph-files">glyph files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-GLYPHFONTS_002c-overrides-P"><code>GLYPHFONTS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> P</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-gnuplot"><code>gnuplot</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics">Dynamic creation of graphics</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-graphics-inclusion-fails">graphics inclusion fails</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-graphics-fails">Including graphics fails</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-gs-installation"><code>gs <span class="roman">installation</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-gsave_002fgrestore_002c-and-literal-PS"><code>gsave<span class="roman">/</span>grestore<span class="roman">, and literal PS</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-examples">Literal examples</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-gsftopk"><code>gsftopk</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-H">H</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-h-config-command-_0028download-additional-header_0029"><code>h <span class="roman">config command (download additional header)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-H-config-command-_0028PostScript-header-path_0029"><code>H <span class="roman">config command (PostScript header path)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Hafner_002c-Jim">Hafner, Jim</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color">Color</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-header-file_002c-downloading">header file, downloading</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-header-files_002c-defined">header files, defined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Header-files">Header files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-header-path_002c-defining">header path, defining</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-header_003dfile-_005cspecial"><code>header=<var>file</var> \special</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-headers-and-memory-usage">headers and memory usage</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage">Headers and memory usage</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-headers_002c-including-from-the-command-line">headers, including from the command line</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line">Including headers from the command line</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-headers_002c-including-in-TeX">headers, including in TeX</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hints">hints</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hoffset-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>hoffset <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-HP4Si-printer-and-paper-trays">HP4Si printer and paper trays</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-trays">Paper trays</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-href"><code>href</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hscale-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>hscale <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hsize-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>hsize <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-html-specials"><code>html <span class="roman">specials</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-html-specials_002c-and-_002dz"><code>html <span class="roman">specials, and ‘<samp>-z</samp>’</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-http_003a_002f_002fwww_002ewin_002etue_002enl_002f_007edickie_002fidvi"><code><code>http://www.win.tue.nl/~dickie/idvi</code></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-http_003a_002f_002fxxx_002elanl_002egov_002fhypertex"><code><code>http://xxx.lanl.gov/hypertex</code></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Hungarian-umlaut">Hungarian umlaut</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hyperdvi-extensions_002c-enabling">hyperdvi extensions, enabling</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hypertext-and-bitmap-fonts">hypertext and bitmap fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hypertext-caveats">hypertext caveats</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hypertext-caveats-1">hypertext caveats</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hypertext-specials">hypertext specials</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-hypertext-support">hypertext support</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-I">I</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-i-config-command-_0028pages_002fsection_0029"><code>i <span class="roman">config command (pages/section)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-idvi-Java-DVI-reader"><code>idvi <span class="roman">Java DVI reader</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Illustrator_002c-workaround-for">Illustrator, workaround for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-graphics-fails">Including graphics fails</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-img"><code>img</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-including-graphics-fails">including graphics fails</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-graphics-fails">Including graphics fails</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-including-headers-from-the-command-line">including headers from the command line</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line">Including headers from the command line</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-including-headers-in-TeX">including headers in TeX</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-installation-of-config_002eps">installation of <samp>config.ps</samp></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-installation-of-PostScript-fonts">installation of PostScript fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-font-installation">PostScript font installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-installation_002c-of-Dvips">installation, of Dvips</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Installation">Installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-installing-fonts">installing fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-interaction-with-PostScript">interaction with PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript">Interaction with PostScript</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-inverted-output">inverted output</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Small-or-inverted">Small or inverted</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-invoking-Dvips">invoking Dvips</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Invoking-Dvips">Invoking Dvips</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-J">J</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-j-config-command-_0028partial-font-downloading_0029"><code>j <span class="roman">config command (partial font downloading)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Java-DVI-reader">Java DVI reader</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Jeffrey_002c-Alan">Jeffrey, Alan</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm">Invoking afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-K">K</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-K-config-command-_0028comment-removal_0029"><code>K <span class="roman">config command (comment removal)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-kerning_002c-defined">kerning, defined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-KPATHSEA_005fDEBUG"><code>KPATHSEA_DEBUG</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-L">L</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-L-config-command-_0028last-paper-size-wins_0029"><code>L <span class="roman">config command (last paper size wins)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-landscape-orientation_002c-defined">landscape orientation, defined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape">Paper size and landscape</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-landscape-papertype">landscape papertype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-landscape_002c-as-_005cspecial"><code>landscape<span class="roman">, as <code>\special</code></span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#papersize-special">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-last-page-printed">last page printed</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-last_002dresort-font-scaling_002c-with-DVIPSSIZES">last-resort font scaling, with <code>DVIPSSIZES</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-last_002dresort-scaling_002c-with-R">last-resort scaling, with <code>R</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ledger-papertype">ledger papertype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-legal-papertype">legal papertype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-letter-paper-size"><code>letter <span class="roman">paper size</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-letter-papertype">letter papertype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-letterhead-tray">letterhead tray</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-trays">Paper trays</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-letterSize-paper-size"><code>letterSize <span class="roman">paper size</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ligature-operations">ligature operations</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encoding-file-format">Encoding file format</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ligature_002c-defined">ligature, defined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-LIGKERN-encoding-file-command"><code>LIGKERN <span class="roman">encoding file command</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encoding-file-format">Encoding file format</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-lines-in-figures_002c-wrong-width">lines in figures, wrong width</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-clipping">EPSF clipping</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-links_002c-hypertext">links, hypertext</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-literal-headers">literal headers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-headers">Literal headers</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-literal-PostScript_002c-examples">literal PostScript, examples</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-examples">Literal examples</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-literal-PostScript_002c-using">literal PostScript, using</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-PS">Literal PS</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-llx-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>llx <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-lly-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>lly <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-long-documents-not-printing">long documents not printing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Long-documents-fail">Long documents fail</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-low-characters_002c-shifting">low characters, shifting</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-lpr-spooler_002c-MS_002dDOS-emulation">lpr spooler, MS-DOS emulation</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-M">M</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-m-config-command-_0028available-memory_0029"><code>m <span class="roman">config command (available memory)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-M-config-command-_0028mf-mode_0029"><code>M <span class="roman">config command (mf mode)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-macros-for-color">macros for color</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-macros-for-epsf-inclusion">macros for epsf inclusion</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#g_t_005cincludegraphics">\includegraphics</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-macros-for-epsf-inclusion-1">macros for epsf inclusion</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-magnification_002c-DVI">magnification, DVI</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-magnification_002c-overriding-DVI">magnification, overriding DVI</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-magnification_002c-vertical">magnification, vertical</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-mailcap-and-hypertext"><code>mailcap <span class="roman">and hypertext</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-manual-feed">manual feed</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-maxdrift">maxdrift</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-maximum-pages-printed">maximum pages printed</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-media">media</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-memory-available">memory available</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-memory-of-printer-exhausted">memory of printer exhausted</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Printer-errors">Printer errors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-memory-usage_002c-and-headers">memory usage, and headers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage">Headers and memory usage</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-memory_002c-conserving">memory, conserving</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-memory_002c-used-by-PostScript-fonts">memory, used by PostScript fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Metafont-ligature-operations">Metafont ligature operations</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encoding-file-format">Encoding file format</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Metafont-mode_002c-specifying">Metafont mode, specifying</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Metafont-source-files">Metafont source files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-metric-files">metric files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Minion-typeface-family">Minion typeface family</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-missfont_002elog"><code>missfont.log</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-MISSFONT_005fLOG"><code>MISSFONT_LOG</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Mitsubishi-Shinko-CHC_002dS446i-printer">Mitsubishi Shinko CHC-S446i printer</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#No-output">No output</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-mkdvipspapers"><code>mkdvipspapers</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-mktexpk_002c-avoiding"><code>mktexpk<span class="roman">, avoiding</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-mktexpk_002c-changing-name"><code>mktexpk<span class="roman">, changing name</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-mode-name_002c-specifying">mode name, specifying</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-mtpk"><code>mtpk</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-multiple-master-fonts">multiple master fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-multiple-output-files">multiple output files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-multiple-paper-trays">multiple paper trays</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-trays">Paper trays</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Murphy_002c-Tim">Murphy, Tim</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-N">N</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-N--config-command-_0028disable-EPS_0029"><code>N <span class="roman"> config command (disable EPS)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-name"><code>name</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-narrow-fonts">narrow fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-no-output-at-all">no output at all</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#No-output">No output</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-non_002dprinting-characters_002c-shifting">non-printing characters, shifting</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-non_002dresident-fonts">non-resident fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-nopaper_002c-paper-format-for-_002dt"><code>nopaper<span class="roman">, paper format for ‘<samp>-t</samp>’</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-O">O</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-o-config-command-_0028output-destination_0029"><code>o <span class="roman">config command (output destination)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-O-config-command-_0028page-offsets_0029"><code>O <span class="roman">config command (page offsets)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-oblique-fonts">oblique fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-octal-character-codes">octal character codes</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-odd-pages-only">odd pages only</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-offset-pages">offset pages</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Omega-extensions">Omega extensions</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-option_002c-details-of">option, details of</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-options_002c-debugging">options, debugging</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Debug-options">Debug options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-options_002c-Dvips">options, Dvips</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Invoking-Dvips">Invoking Dvips</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-options_002c-reading-from-standard-input">options, reading from standard input</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-options_002c-summary">options, summary</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-summary">Option summary</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-options_002c-to-Afm2tfm">options, to Afm2tfm</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-outline-fonts">outline fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-outline-fonts-1">outline fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-output-file_002c-sectioning-of">output file, sectioning of</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage">Headers and memory usage</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-output-file_002c-setting">output file, setting</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-output-files_002c-multiple">output files, multiple</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-output_002c-inverted">output, inverted</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Small-or-inverted">Small or inverted</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-output_002c-none">output, none</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#No-output">No output</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-output_002c-redirecting">output, redirecting</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-output_002c-too-small">output, too small</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Small-or-inverted">Small or inverted</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-P">P</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-p-config-command-_0028font-aliases_0029"><code>p <span class="roman">config command (font aliases)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-P-config-command-_0028PK-path_0029"><code>P <span class="roman">config command (PK path)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-page-range">page range</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-page_002c-first-printed">page, first printed</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-page_002c-last-printed">page, last printed</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pages_002c-maximum-printed">pages, maximum printed</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PaintType"><code>PaintType</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Pantone-colors">Pantone colors</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-macro-files">Color macro files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-paper-size-configuration-file-command">paper size configuration file command</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-paper-size_002c-default">paper size, default</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-paper-size_002c-general">paper size, general</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape">Paper size and landscape</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-paper-trays">paper trays</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-trays">Paper trays</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-paper-type">paper type</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-papersize-special"><code>papersize <span class="roman">special</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#papersize-special">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-papersize-special_002c-and-no-_002dt">papersize special, and no ‘<samp>-t</samp>’</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-papersize-special_002c-first-vs_002e-last">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special, first vs. last</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-partial-font-downloading">partial font downloading</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PDF-files_002c-font-quality">PDF files, font quality</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PDF-files_002c-making">PDF files, making</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PDF-files_002c-making-1">PDF files, making</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PDF-files_002c-option-for">PDF files, option for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pdfmark"><code>pdfmark</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext">Hypertext</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pfa-files">pfa files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pfb-files">pfb files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pfb-files_002c-automatically-unpacked">pfb files, automatically unpacked</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pfm-files">pfm files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Phaser-printer_002c-used-for-color-calibration">Phaser printer, used for color calibration</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-device-configuration">Color device configuration</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-physical-page-number_002c-and-_002dl">physical page number, and ‘<samp>-l</samp>’</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-physical-page-number_002c-and-_002dp">physical page number, and ‘<samp>-p</samp>’</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-physical-page-number_002c-and-bop_002dhook">physical page number, and <code>bop-hook</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pipes_002c-not-readable">pipes, not readable</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pk-files">pk files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PKFONTS_002c-overrides-P"><code>PKFONTS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> P</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-plotfile_002c-ps-subspecial"><code>plotfile<span class="roman">, ‘<samp>ps</samp>’ subspecial</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#ps-special">ps special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pltotf"><code>pltotf</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-popen-for-output"><code>popen <span class="roman">for output</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-portrait-orientation_002c-defined">portrait orientation, defined</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Paper-size-and-landscape">Paper size and landscape</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-positioning-accuracy">positioning accuracy</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-post-code-after-headers"><code>post <span class="roman">code after headers</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-code_002c-literal">PostScript code, literal</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-PS">Literal PS</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-encoding">PostScript encoding</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-encoding_002c-changing">PostScript encoding, changing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-font-alias-file">PostScript font alias file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-font-alias-file-1">PostScript font alias file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-fonts">PostScript fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-fonts">PostScript fonts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-fonts_002c-installing">PostScript fonts, installing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-font-installation">PostScript font installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-fonts_002c-on-your-system">PostScript fonts, on your system</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-font-installation">PostScript font installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-header-files">PostScript header files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Header-files">Header files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-interaction">PostScript interaction</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Interaction-with-PostScript">Interaction with PostScript</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-previewers">PostScript previewers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PostScript-units">PostScript units</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Bounding-box">Bounding box</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PowerPage-PostScript-implementation">PowerPage PostScript implementation</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#No-output">No output</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pre-code-before-headers"><code>pre <span class="roman">code before headers</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-previewing-Dvips-output">previewing Dvips output</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PRINTER"><code>PRINTER</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-printer-configuration">printer configuration</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-printer-configuration-file_002c-prototype">printer configuration file, prototype</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-printer-errors">printer errors</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Printer-errors">Printer errors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-printer-memory">printer memory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-printer-memory-exhausted">printer memory exhausted</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Printer-errors">Printer errors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-printer-offset">printer offset</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PRINTER_002c-and-config-file-searching"><code>PRINTER<span class="roman">, and config file searching</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-PRINTER_002c-avoided-with-_002df"><code>PRINTER<span class="roman">, avoided with ‘<samp>-f</samp>’</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-printer_002c-driving-directly">printer, driving directly</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-problems">problems</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Diagnosing-problems">Diagnosing problems</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-property-list-files">property list files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-prototype-printer-configuration-file">prototype printer configuration file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#config_002eps-installation">config.ps installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ps-special"><code>ps <span class="roman">special</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#ps-special">ps special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-psfile-special"><code>psfile <span class="roman">special</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-psfonts_002emap"><code>psfonts.map</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-font-installation">PostScript font installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-psfonts_002emap-1"><code>psfonts.map</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-psfonts_002emap-2"><code>psfonts.map</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-psheaderdir"><code>psheaderdir</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Header-files">Header files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-psi-character-missing">psi character missing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pstopk"><code>pstopk</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pTeX-extensions">pTeX extensions</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-pTeX-extensions-1">pTeX extensions</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-Q">Q</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-q-config-command-_0028quiet_0029"><code>q <span class="roman">config command (quiet)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Q-config-command-_0028quiet_0029"><code>Q <span class="roman">config command (quiet)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-quiet-operation">quiet operation</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-R">R</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-R-config-command-_0028fallback-resolution_0029"><code>R <span class="roman">config command (fallback resolution)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-r-config-command-_0028page-reversal_0029"><code>r <span class="roman">config command (page reversal)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-raw-tfm-files">raw tfm files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-reencode_002f_002a_002eenc"><code>reencode/*.enc</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-reencoding">reencoding</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-reencoding-PostScript-fonts">reencoding PostScript fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-registered-character_002c-accessing"><code>registered <span class="roman">character, accessing</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-remapping">remapping</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-resident-fonts_002c-different-in-different-printers">resident fonts, different in different printers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-resident-fonts_002c-different-in-different-printers-1">resident fonts, different in different printers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-resolution">resolution</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-resolution-1">resolution</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-resolution_002c-setting">resolution, setting</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-reverse-pagination">reverse pagination</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-rhi-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>rhi <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Rokicki_002c-Tomas">Rokicki, Tomas</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Why-Dvips">Why Dvips</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-rotate_002etex"><code>rotate.tex</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#ps-special">ps special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-rwi-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>rwi <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-S">S</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-s-config-command-_0028global-save_002frestore_0029"><code>s <span class="roman">config command (global save/restore)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-S-config-command-_0028pict-path_0029"><code>S <span class="roman">config command (pict path)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-save_002frestore_002c-and-inverted-output">save/restore, and inverted output</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Small-or-inverted">Small or inverted</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-save_002frestore_002c-and-literal-PS"><code>save<span class="roman">/</span>restore<span class="roman">, and literal PS</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-examples">Literal examples</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-save_002frestore_002c-and-specials">save/restore, and specials</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#ps-special">ps special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-save_002frestore_002c-generating-global">save/restore, generating global</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-scaleunit"><code>scaleunit</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-scaling-of-figures">scaling of figures</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-scaling">EPSF scaling</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-scaling-small-caps">scaling small caps</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Scandinavian-A-ring">Scandinavian A ring</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Reencoding-with-Afm2tfm">Reencoding with Afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-screen-frequencies_002c-setting">screen frequencies, setting</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line">Including headers from the command line</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-SDict"><code>SDict</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-SDict-dictionary"><code>SDict <span class="roman">dictionary</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Literal-headers">Literal headers</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-searching-config-files_002c-order-of">searching config files, order of</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-searching">Configuration file searching</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-sections-of-output-file_002c-and-memory">sections of output file, and memory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage">Headers and memory usage</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-sections-output_002c-in-separate-files">sections output, in separate files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-security">security</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-shell-command-execution_002c-disabling">shell command execution, disabling</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-shell-escape_002c-in-config-file">shell escape, in config file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Shinko-CHC_002dS446i-printer">Shinko CHC-S446i printer</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#No-output">No output</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-show-PostScript-operator"><code>show <span class="roman">PostScript operator</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-silent-operation">silent operation</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-simplex-mode-on-duplex-printers">simplex mode on duplex printers</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-the-command-line">Including headers from the command line</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-slanted-fonts">slanted fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-slanted-fonts_002c-making">slanted fonts, making</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Afm2tfm-options">Afm2tfm options</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-SlantFont"><code>SlantFont</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-small-caps-fonts">small caps fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Special-font-effects">Special font effects</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Smith_002c-Arthur">Smith, Arthur</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-spaces_002c-dropped-trailing">spaces, dropped trailing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-specials_002c-hypertext">specials, hypertext</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-splines">splines</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-spooler_002c-lacking">spooler, lacking</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-spooling-to-lpr-on-MS_002dDOS">spooling to lpr on MS-DOS</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-standard-I_002fO">standard I/O</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-standard-input_002c-reading-options-from">standard input, reading options from</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-standard-output_002c-output-to">standard output, output to</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-standard-PostScript_002c-required-by-Ghostview">standard PostScript, required by Ghostview</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-start_002dhook"><code>start-hook</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-hooks">PostScript hooks</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-structured-comments">structured comments</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-system-in-config-file"><code>system <span class="roman">in config file</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-T">T</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-T-config-command-_0028TFM-path_0029"><code>T <span class="roman">config command (TFM path)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Tektronix-Phaser-printer_002c-used-for-color-calibration">Tektronix Phaser printer, used for color calibration</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Color-device-configuration">Color device configuration</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-testpage_002etex"><code>testpage.tex</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TeX-encoding_002c-changing">TeX encoding, changing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-TeX-encodings">Changing TeX encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TeX_002c-including-headers-in">TeX, including headers in</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Including-headers-from-TeX">Including headers from TeX</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXCONFIG"><code>TEXCONFIG</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXFONTS_002c-overrides-P"><code>TEXFONTS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> P</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXFONTS_002c-overrides-T"><code>TEXFONTS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> T</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXINPUTS_002c-overrides-S"><code>TEXINPUTS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> S</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-texmext_002eenc"><code>texmext.enc</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXMFOUTPUT"><code>TEXMFOUTPUT</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-texmital_002eenc"><code>texmital.enc</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-texmsym_002eenc"><code>texmsym.enc</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Encodings">Encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-texmsym_002eenc-1"><code>texmsym.enc</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-TeX-encodings">Changing TeX encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXPICTS"><code>TEXPICTS</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Environment-variables">Environment variables</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXPICTS_002c-overrides-S"><code>TEXPICTS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> S</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXPKS_002c-overrides-P"><code>TEXPKS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> P</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TEXSIZES_002c-overrides-R"><code>TEXSIZES<span class="roman">, overrides</span> R</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-text-in-figures_002c-chopped-off">text in figures, chopped off</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-clipping">EPSF clipping</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-tfm-files">tfm files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TFMFONTS_002c-overrides-T"><code>TFMFONTS<span class="roman">, overrides</span> T</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-tftopl"><code>tftopl</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Metric-files">Metric files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Theisen_002c-Tim">Theisen, Tim</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Ghostscript-installation">Ghostscript installation</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-tight-bounding-box_002c-finding">tight bounding box, finding</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-too_002dsmall-output">too-small output</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Small-or-inverted">Small or inverted</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-trademark-character_002c-accessing"><code>trademark <span class="roman">character, accessing</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Changing-PostScript-encodings">Changing PostScript encodings</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-trailing-spaces_002c-dropped">trailing spaces, dropped</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-caveats">Hypertext caveats</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-TranScript">TranScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-transforming-downloaded-fonts">transforming downloaded fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-trouble">trouble</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Diagnosing-problems">Diagnosing problems</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Type-1-fonts">Type 1 fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Glyph-files">Glyph files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-typesetting-in-PostScript">typesetting in PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#PostScript-typesetting">PostScript typesetting</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-U">U</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-U-config-command-_0028Xerox-4045_0029"><code>U <span class="roman">config command (Xerox 4045)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-uncollated-copies">uncollated copies</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-uncompressing-PostScript">uncompressing PostScript</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Dynamic-creation-of-graphics">Dynamic creation of graphics</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-uniform-resource-locator">uniform resource locator</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-unknown_002c-paper-format-for-_002dt"><code>unknown<span class="roman">, paper format for ‘<samp>-t</samp>’</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#papersize-special">‘<samp>papersize</samp>’ special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-unknown_002c-paper-format-for-_002dt-1"><code>unknown<span class="roman">, paper format for ‘<samp>-t</samp>’</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Config-file-paper-sizes">Config file paper sizes</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-URL_002c-definition">URL, definition</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-URL_002c-extended-for-TeX">URL, extended for TeX</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Hypertext-specials">Hypertext specials</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-urx-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>urx <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-ury-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>ury <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-usage_002c-basic">usage, basic</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Basic-usage">Basic usage</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-user_002ddefinable-colors">user-definable colors</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#User_002ddefinable-colors">User-definable colors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-userdict_002c-and-dictionary-files"><code>userdict<span class="roman">, and dictionary files</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Header-files">Header files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-userdict_002c-used-for-header-files">userdict<span class="roman">, used for header files</span></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-V">V</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-V-config-command-_0028vf-path_0029"><code>V <span class="roman">config command (vf path)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-verbose-EPSF-processing">verbose EPSF processing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#EPSF-macros">EPSF macros</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-vf-files">vf files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Virtual-fonts">Virtual fonts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-virtual-font-expansion">virtual font expansion</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Virtual-fonts">Virtual fonts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-virtual-font-path">virtual font path</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-virtual-fonts">virtual fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Virtual-fonts">Virtual fonts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-virtual-fonts_002c-creating">virtual fonts, creating</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Invoking-afm2tfm">Invoking afm2tfm</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-VM-exhausted">VM exhausted</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Printer-errors">Printer errors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-VMusage"><code>VMusage</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Headers-and-memory-usage">Headers and memory usage</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-voffset-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>voffset <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-vpl-files">vpl files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Virtual-fonts">Virtual fonts</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-vptovf"><code>vptovf</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Making-a-font-available">Making a font available</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-vscale-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>vscale <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-vsize-_0028psfile-special-option_0029"><code>vsize <span class="roman">(‘<samp>psfile</samp>’ special option)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfile-special">psfile special</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-W-config-command-_0028emit-warning_0029"><code>W <span class="roman">config command (emit warning)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-warning-messages_002c-defining">warning messages, defining</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-warnings_002c-suppressing">warnings, suppressing</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-whole-font-downloading">whole font downloading</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-wide-fonts">wide fonts</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#psfonts_002emap">psfonts.map</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-X">X</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-X-config-command-_0028horizontal-resolution_0029"><code>X <span class="roman">config command (horizontal resolution)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Xerox-4045">Xerox 4045</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Option-details">Option details</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-Y">Y</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Y-config-command-_0028vertical-resolution_0029"><code>Y <span class="roman">config command (vertical resolution)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-Z">Z</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Z-config-command-_0028compress-fonts_0029"><code>Z <span class="roman">config command (compress fonts)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-z-config-command-_0028secure-mode_0029"><code>z <span class="roman">config command (secure mode)</span></code></a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Configuration-file-commands">Configuration file commands</a></td></tr>
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