Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!eric%UCBARPA@berkeley From: eric%UCBARPA%berkeley@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Loading fonts in ditroff Message-ID: <2481@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 14:33:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2481 Posted: Thu Jun 23 14:33:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jun-83 18:30:23 EDT Lines: 8 -me uses the numeric values for fonts internally because otherwise you cannot load other fonts. For example, if it were to use B for bold font, it would only work if you had Times Roman loaded -- if you wanted to use Hershey, the font change macros would die. I agree that this is a botch, but it seemed that the alternative was worse. eric