On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Ken Smith writes:
> > > > D 8000
>
> >
> > > the config.pdf needs a M line specifying a Metafont mode for an 8000
> > > dpi device. hmm.
> >
> > Has anyone, anywhere, produced a document suggesting to people that
> > using bitmaps for printers with this sort of resolution is not really
> > a wise procedure?
>
> its some trick, isnt it, to fool dvips into doing the right thing? it
> needs a very very high resolution bitmap font to stop it playing some
> trick which I forget
>
That would be how rules are rendered: are they stroked or filled?
Setting the DPI that high triggers the use of the former. I believe
that the idea is due to TVZ (Timothy Van Zandt).
Take a gander at alt-rule.pro, and the corresponding PS code that
describes which rule procedure (RV or QV) is used (which is in
tex.pro).
Tom
