[bug #60929] Improve documentation of which fonts groff provides by default

[T. Kurt Bond]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60929>

                 Summary: Improve documentation of which fonts groff provides
by default
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: tkurtbond
            Submitted on: Sat 17 Jul 2021 12:00:31 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

There isn't a central location that discusses what fonts groff provides by
default, and since the fonts provided differ according to each output device,
it is hard to find an appropriate central location.

What fonts are available is discussed in grodvi(1), grolbp(1),
gropdf(1), grops(1), and gxditview(1).

grolbp(1) shoudl list the default font family, Times.

grolj4(1) does not list the default fonts available.

While there aren't fonts to be listed on grotty(1), it should probably list
the styles available.

Perhaps there should be a reference in groff(1) and groff.texi saying to find
information about what fonts are provided by default to look in the man pages
for the output processors, and list them.

Mailing List Discussion

* Beginning of thread:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2021-07/msg00053.html
* Explanation of current documentation state:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2021-07/msg00053.html




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