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From: hartnegg@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Klaus Hartnegg)
Subject: Re: emTeX Previewer -- Changing the "zoom" size
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.094546.16918@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
Keywords: emTeX screen previewer, page size.
Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland
References: <nc7f9h_@rpi.edu> <1991Mar27.172248.22659@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 91 09:45:46 GMT
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nmouawad@watmath.waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad) writes:

>In article <nc7f9h_@rpi.edu> tomliew@itsgw.rpi.edu (Thomas Liew) writes:
>The problem with gray scaling (that's what the /ox and /oy commands do)
>is speed ... even if the scaling is optimized for even values (I suggest
>you use 4 for both) it is still slow. EM warns of this in the document.

>What happens is that v show the fonts `real size'. Since we are using
>300dpi fonts, that explains the huge size on the screen.

>The best solution, I think, would be to use smaller fonts. Something
>like 90 and 75 dpi which are better suited for the screen.

>I haven't installed these yet. If someone out there has a better solution,
>I am listening.

I have tried. Forget it! Metafont does not work properly with
such small resolutions. It is much better to scale down the
other fonts.
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