These are the BlueSky Research postscript CM fonts, placed in the public domain as described in the READ.ME file. If you don't use TeX, then you probably don't need these. No alterations have been made to the fonts, they have just been repackaged as NeXT font directories for convenient installation and use under NextStep or OpenStep. No warranty is expressed or implied - they work for me, but your mileage may vary. INSTALLATION ============ To install, unpack the tar file (assuming it is in the current directory) using the following command in a terminal window: gnutar xzf BlueSkyFonts.tar.gz This will produce a subdirectory containing the following: File/Directory Explanation -------------------------------- ----------------------------------- BlueSkyFonts/BlueSkyFonts.README Installation directions for NeXTs BlueSkyFonts/BlueSky.pkg NextStep/OpenStep installer package BlueSkyFonts/READ.ME BlueSky/AMS announcement BlueSkyFonts/cmsample.tex To test installation BlueSkyFonts/test.rtf Another installation test As root, install the BlueSky.pkg by double clicking on it in the Workspace and clicking the "Install" button. In addition to installing the fonts to /LocalLibrary/Fonts, the package runs a script which updates the font index files and updates your dvips configuration to recognize the new fonts. If there are any problems, a copy of your original "config.ps" file will be saved as "config.ps.backup". [NOTE - If you decide to uninstall, the backup file will be reverted back as config.ps. If config.ps.backup does not exist, config.ps is left alone. Therefore, if you have made any custom changes to config.ps after installing the BlueSky fonts, remove the backup file manually BEFORE uninstalling and clean up config.ps yourself.] If you were already using another set of postscript Computer Modern fonts, such as Bakoma, you'll need to edit config.ps by hand to comment out or remove the old mapfile. If TeXview is currently running, please exit now so it will make use of the new fonts and configuration for the following tests. If all went well, you should be able to open test.rtf in Edit.app (as a normal user), select the line of input (cmd-a from the keyboard or click-drag the mouse across the entire line), and then select "Services>TeXview>TeX EQ->.EPS" from the menu. When it has run to completion, the .rtf file will have transformed itself to an .rtfd file and the graphic image it contains should be recognizable as the quadratic formula. If it looks jagged and/or has missing characters, symbols, or lines, then there's a problem with the installation. Note that the magnification was set to 1800, which is definitely not a "standard" TeX size - one of the benefits of using PS fonts is the ability to scale arbitrarily, not just to pre-defined sizes. As a further test you should be able to tex and preview the file "cmsample.tex" [Warning - this loads every single font in the CM distribution, and may blow out printer memory if you actually try to print all 10 pages. This does not mean that the installation failed, only that you should consider increasing memory on your printer if you're going to routinely print using lots of non-resident fonts. If you would like a printer test, and are encountering this problem, try printing a few pages at a time.] When you are satisfied that all is well, you can probably remove the bitmap fonts from the original distribution to save disk space. HOWEVER, YOU DO SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. I mv'ed the pk directory to pk.backup for a month to make sure nothing was broken before actually removing them from my system. I'd suggest that you do something similar to guard against possible problems. --Paul Sanchez Parks College of St. Louis University paul@spectrum.slu.edu