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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.	

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, makefiles at various resolutions are provided in
this directory.  You will have to edit them 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 makefiles, 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 appropriate *.makeLaTeX into the target
directory as "makefile" or (in BSD Unix) make a symbolic link
to makefile in the target directory. 

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.  The *.makeLaTeX files are a good
model if you want to automate the production of new fonts.  

System V NOTE:
=============

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.