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<DIV><FONT size=2>Is there any way, in any of the new TeX processors, to print
output in landscape mode from a dvi file containing custom made pk font files
which are not compatible with ps??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>By way of background, I'm a 20+ year user of plain TeX, still
using eplain version 2.3b (11 Feb 1994), and do not use LaTeX. Until the
last six months my primary TeXing has been with a DOS version PCTeX and also
emTeX. These programs have dvi drivers which can output both profile and
landscape.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>One example is MiKTeX and Yap. Apparently Yap will only
output landscape when the file is converted to ps, but you can't convert a pk
font to ps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>The 2005 printing of the Eplain manual has no mention of
landscape but does mention text rotation on page 30, which again appears to
involve conversion to ps.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I don't yet know what capabilities are in TeX Live 2007, which
I have installed but have been too intimidated by to delve into it
properly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>At the moment, I am still relying on the ancient emTeX for my
landscape printing, but this seems to be one giant step into the
past.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I certainly agree with Karl Berry's comments (Eplain manual,
page 1, paragraph 3) about being out luck if you are forced to use LaTeX, but
don't like their styles. With LaTeX I could never have TeXed the two
volumes of "Lost Secrets of Ancient Hawaiian Huna," especially Volume II, which
is a chant book.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Sorry for the verbosity, I just wanted readers (hopefully with
viable solutions) to know where I'm coming from and why I can't use any of the
stuff I've found so far. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Many thanks,<BR>Rex Shudde<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>