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[previous article] [next article]Shown below are new fonts that can be called from troff and printed on an Apple LaserWriter. The troff command .fp (font position) is used to replace one of the nine default fonts shown in the table below with a new font. Font names are one or two letters, such as R for Roman or HB of Helvetica-Bold. The troff command .ft (font type) is used to switch to a new font. Unfortunately, the program "suntroff" does not know how to draw any of these new fonts, so it can not be used to preview the text. However the "tc" program can be used to preview text, but will not show the different font shapes.
More information is available about using fonts in troff in the ECN #330 DWB User's Guide, The Formatter troff, pages 3-8.
Font ag = AvantGarde-Book
Font aG = AvantGarde-BookOblique
Font Ag = AvantGarde-Demi
Font AG = AvantGarde-DemiOblique
Font bo = Bookman-Light
Font bO = Bookman-LightItalic
Font Bo = Bookman-Demi
Font BO = Bookman-DemiItalic
Font C = Courier
Font CO = Courier-Oblique
Font CB = Courier-Bold
Font CD = Courier-BoldOblique
Font H = Helvetica
Font HO = Helvetica-Oblique
Font HB = Helvetica-Bold
Font HD = Helvetica-BoldOblique
Font hn = Helvetica-Narrow
Font hN = Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique
Font Hn = Helvetica-Narrow-Bold
Font HN = Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique
Font nc = NewCenturySchlbk-Roman
Font nC = NewCenturySchlbk-Italic
Font Nc = NewCenturySchlbk-Bold
FontNC=NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic
Font PA = Palatino-Roman
Font PI = Palatino-Italic
Font PB = Palatino-Bold
Font PX = Palatino-BoldItalic
Font ZC = ZapfChancery-MediumItalic
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Font Default Font
Number Names
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1 R (Roman)
2 I (Italic)
3 B (Bold)
4 BI (Bold-Italic)
5 H (Helvetica)
6 HB (Helvetica-Bold)
7 C (Courier)
8 CB (Courier-Bold)
9 S (Special)
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