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In article <1591370305.bystand@zzo38computer.org>, 
news@zzo38computer.org.invalid says...
 
> > I'm afraid I really don't know what it is you are actually asking. As 
> > luser droog said perhaps you'll have more luck with a TeX news group, I 
> > can't see where PostScript has any bearing on your explanation or 
> > question.
> 
> As I previously explained, I already did that (I cross-posted). But where
> PostScript has any bearing on the question is the PostScript page device
> dictionary, as I mentioned. So, in other words, to answer my question
> would probably require a knowledge of both METAFONT (which is usually used
> with TeX, although it is actually a separate prorgam) and PostScript.

To be honest, I don't really see how anything in the page device 
dictionary could have any real bearing, since this is apparently all 
decided in TeX.

If you can describe what information you want I can tell you whether its 
likely to be available, and how, but I don't really see how anything in 
the PostScript environment has a lot of bearing. If you insist on using 
bitmap fonts, then the resolution matters, certainly, beyond that 
possibly the default transfer fucntion (which is in the graphics state, 
not the page device dictionary) 
 
> If my question has no answer, that is fine; I can just make it manually
> specified only; although it may be good to figure it out automatically.

As I say I can't see how you can determine much of this from PostScript. 
Part of the point of PostScript is that you are shielded from device-
specific decisions.


		Ken

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      Re: dvi.ps luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2020-06-04 23:57 -0700
  Re: dvi.ps ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2020-06-05 08:02 +0100
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