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From: Dale James Thompson <dale AT dhstudent-res-life-438 DOT dhcp DOT okstate DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: postscript files, what are they and how do i read them
Date: 7 Dec 1997 02:31:10 -0600
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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gibson james <jgibso1 AT umbc DOT edu> wrote:
> There are certainly good reasons to go to Linux, but reading Postscript
> files with the cruddy screen fonts you get with a Linux distribution is
> not one of them.

One could try using the Type 1 font that come with ghostscript4 and
higher under X.  This would remove the "cruddy" screen font problem.
-- 
Dale James Thompson (tdale AT okstate DOT edu)

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