Sebastian Rahtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote on Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:58:47 +0000 (GMT)

> Ken Smith writes:
>  > >  > D 8000                                                                       
>   
>  > 
>  > > the config.pdf needs a M line specifying a Metafont mode for an 8000
>  > > dpi device. hmm.
>  > 
>  > Has anyone, anywhere, produced a document suggesting to people that
>  > using bitmaps for printers with this sort of resolution is not really
>  > a wise procedure?

> its some trick, isnt it, to fool dvips into doing the right thing? it
> needs a very very high resolution bitmap font to stop it playing some
> trick which I forget

Something to do with MetaFont's arithmetic, I suspect.
I remember someone complaining that he couldn't get MF to produce
cminch at a resolution well below 8000 dpi

> Sebastian

Ken Smith

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