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Fonts are now delivered only in pk format.  The gf directories 
are kept as a convenience, but contain only Bourne Shell scripts
to unpack all files.  All you need to do if your driver uses
gf rather than pk is to execute the script in each directory
in which you need fonts.  Remember that the write-white fonts
in pk300w are quite different from the write-black fonts in
pk300.	Screen display programs such as xdvi, which use reduced
versions of pk300 files, should always use pk300w fonts, since all
black on white screen displays are inherently write-white devices.

It is entirely possible that your printer will be running a
print-engine that is neither a CanonCX write-black nor a Ricoh 4080
write-white engine.  If that is the case you will want to make up your
own fonts as soon as possible.  For that purpose, a Makefile is
provided in this directory.  You may have to edit it to set things up
for your site, and you may have to write a new |mode_def| if you
cannot find what you need in utilityfonts/bases/waits.mf or
utilityfonts/bases/U_Wash.mf.  (Use U_Wash.mf if you want
identification specials in your fonts.)

To use the Makefile, check that it is currently set up for the
DPI resolution you want, and if it isn't:
	make magsteps DPI="<resolution in dots per inch>"
to set the appropriate values. Now cd into the target directory and copy
or link the mf file(s) for the required font(s) into that directory.
Then either copy the Makefile into the target directory or 
(in BSD Unix) make a symbolic link.

The fonts made (together with the set in ../../cmfonts) should be
sufficient for any use of LaTeX or SliTeX at the basic document size.
No provision is made for 11pt or 12pt sizes.  If you need other sizes,
you will have to run METAFONT.  See the comments in the Makefile for
guidance on a simple way to make all necessary fonts at the higher
magsteps needed for LaTeX 11pt and 12pt styles.

System V NOTE:
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The filenames lcircle10.???xx (where xx = pk or gf) and lcirclew10.???xx
extend beyond the 14-character limits of filenames on many systems.  
There is no obvious general solution to this.  Converged System V/BSD
Unix may remove the limitation, and it does not seem reasonable to
truncate names for all users if only one group needs to obey the
limitation.  It is very convenient to have the ability to use really
expressive file names.  

The specific UnixTeX prejudice which adds the letter l to the circle
fonts makes the problem appear for two, rather than just one font, but
even without the l, the name "circlew10.???xx" is too long by one letter.
Probably the best thing is to use Donald Knuth's system of name
compression (take the first three and the last three letters before
the . ) and form the names lcie10.???xx and lciw10.???xx.  You will
also have to edit the appropriate lines in lfonts.tex. You never have
to refer to these fonts explicitly when you are running LaTeX.
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