Re: [TUHS] Re: Original print of V7 manual? / My own version of troff

[Damian McGuckin]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2024, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:

> A reasonable default would be:
>
>  1-4: R, I, B, BI    (standard text fonts)
>  5:   CW             (computer/monospaced)
>  6-9: SS, S, ZD, ZDR (special)

> but this is simply convention, it is not hardcoded into groff
> (and can be modified by specifying a different DESC file with a
> different setup via the GROFF_FONT_PATH environment variable).

Note that there is no SS for 'devpdf'. So, from where does -Tpdf find (or 
construct) the slanted versions of the Greek letters if the standard 
symbol font has upright Greek letters? Or are the two 'S' fonts different
for -Tpdf and -Tps?

Thanks - Damian

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