TeXFonts distribution
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The full TeXFonts installation is currently around 11Mb. So you can
minimise the amount of disc space (and downloading time, if you're
getting the fonts from the Internet), the distribution has been
split up so that you can download only the files you need.



Standard downloads
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here are a few 'standard' types of users and the archives they need to
download: 


1) You just want to preview some dvi documents (using DVIview 1.02 or later)
   or to try out TeX/LaTeX to see what they're like.

   Download:
     TeXFonts
     Old
     BaK1core
     BaK1ro
     (and BaK1ps to print the documents on a PostScript printer)


2) You want to produce documents and you're happy with the standard
   TeX/LaTeX fonts.
   
   Download:
     TeXFonts
     Old
     BaK1core
     BaK1ro
     BaK2core
     BaK2ro (omit this if you're not worried about top-quality output)
     (and BaK1ps and BaK2ps to print the documents on a PostScript printer)
   

3) You want to use dvips for quality PostScript output.

   Download:
     TeXFonts
     Old
     MFBase
     BaK1core
     BaK1mf
     BaK1ro
     BaK2core
     BaK2mf
     BaK2ro (omit this if you're not worried about top-quality screen output)
     (and BaK1ps and BaK2ps to print the documents via !Printers)
     (and VPoScript if you want to use the printer's built-in fonts in
      your documents)


If you're a more advanced user you can look in the section below to
determine exactly which archives you need.



Details (for advanced users)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

***** To start with download the TeXFonts archive *****


TeXFonts is split into a number of packages:


MFBase
------
The MFBase archive/package contains the metafont files for creating
common TeX fonts. You only need this if you use Metafont (e.g. you
need pk files)


Old
---
This contains a number of fonts that you are likely to need but are
not in the BaKoMa package (see below) because the BaKoMa versions
could not be converted to RISC OS outline format.

You need this if you are using LaTeX graphics or are using anything
more than simple maths (i.e. you need cmex10).


VPoScript
---------
This contains virtual fonts for PostScript fonts. You only need this
if you wish to produce PostScript output (via dvips) and you want
to use the printer's fonts rather than TeX's fonts.


BaKoMa
------
This contains all the standard TeX fonts and some of the AMS fonts.
It is a very large package and so has been broken up into 5 parts
each of which has archives with the following suffixes:

   ...core   Contains the tfm files (and possibly other package files)
   
   ...mf     Contains mf files
               You only need this if you use metafont (e.g. you need pk files)
               
   ...ps     Contains type 1 postscript versions of the fonts
               You only need this if you print to Postscript via !Printers
               (e.g. from DVIview). If you don't have these and try to
               print to Postscript the system will crash (this is a problem
               with the outline fonts and !Printers).
   
   ...ro     Contains RISC OS outline versions of the fonts
               You need this if you wish to view the fonts accurately under
               RISC OS (e.g. using DVIview).
   
The five parts are:
  1) A font for each standard type style (e.g. cmr10)
       You need these
  
  2) Standard sizes for the standard types (e.g. cmr6, cmr7 etc.)
       You don't need these if you just want to preview documents (DVIview
       v1.02 and later will do a good job of substituting for these fonts)
       or you just want to try TeX/LaTeX out (they should substitute for
       missing fonts).

  3) These are non-standard computer modern fonts (e.g. cmcsc, cmbsy, cmtex)
       Most people won't need these but if the standard fonts aren't enough
       for you, try these.
       
 A1) A font for each AMS type style
       More maths fonts (eufb8, eufm8, eurb8, eurm8, eusb8, eusm8, msam8, msbm8)

 A2) Additional sizes for the AMS type styles (5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
 

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Paul Field
paul.field@dial.pipex.com