Hi Branden, > A quick experiment with -Z shows me that groff does still today load > the S [special] font when the \(pl and \(mi character escapes are > used.
Yes, my list email from earlier today lists the PostScript glyphs: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2017-05/msg00028.html > It's not a no-op on a PostScript device, but I note no _visual_ > difference. That's odd. It's a noticeable difference here, even sticking with the default Roman. Also, + and \(pl vary similarly. $ cat minus.tr .ds b \(rs .ds m \N'45' \*m -. \*bN'45' \N'45'. \*b\*m \-. \*b(mi \(mi. + +. \*b(pl \(pl. $ groff minus.tr >minus.ps $ gs -q -r600 -sDEVICE=pnmraw -sOutputFile=- \ > -dTextAlphaBits=4 - <minus.ps | > pnmcrop -quiet | > pnmmargin -white 10 | > pnmtopng -quiet -compression 9 >minus.png $ Visible at https://s29.postimg.org/ddwg1okz9/minus.png The PostScript is using Symbol for \(mi and \(pl. /F0 10/Times-Roman@0 SF 2.5 (--)72 12 S 2.5(.\\)-2.5 G (N'45' -. \\- \255. \\\(mi)-2.5 E /F1 10/Symbol SF (-)2.5 E F0 2.5(.++)C 2.5(.\\)-2.5 G (\(pl)-2.5 E F1 (+)2.5 E F0 (.)A 0 -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
