1. NAME▲

mag - computes fontsizes and magsteps

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

mag [-Rdpi] magstep . . .

mag [-r] [-Rdpi] fontsize . . .

3. DESCRIPTION ▲

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This tool calculates fontsizes given magsteps. TeXfonts are provided as true sized fonts or as magnifications. The fontsize of a true sized font equals the resolution of the printer (ex. 300). The fontsize of a font magnified $n$ magsteps equals:

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1.2 sup{n} times 300
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rounded to its nearest integer value. Fontnames for TeX fonts normally consists of the name (cmr), pointsize (10), type (pk) and fontsize (360), for example: cmr10.360pk.

4. EXAMPLES ▲

The result of mag -R240 -2 0 0.5 1 will be:

 
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167 240 263 288

The inverse function is computed with the -r option. The result of mag -r -R240 167 240 263 288 will be the fontsteps:

 
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-2 0 0.5 1

The UNIX shells allow command substitution. One can write:

 
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mag -r -R240 `mag -R240 -2 0 0.5 1`

5. DATE ▲

18 December, 1989

6. AUTHOR ▲

 
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Piet Tutelaers
 University of Technology Eindhoven
 <rcpt@urc.tue.nl>