> > I believe that an installation should attempt to build the metric
> > files from the local fonts, [...]
>
> For the sake of argument, I will contest this. The default setup
> for the ps device -- analogous to, for example, the lj4 device --
> should create output that can be sent to the corresponding printer
> -- Postscript or PCL -- using whatever fonts are provided by the
> device itself. As such, the metrics should correspond to those of
> the builtin fonts. Anything else should be delegated to an add-on
> package.
This is my position too. I very welcome any add-on packages which
provide groff metrics (and scripts to easily install them).
Werner
