From ihaka@stat.auckland.ac.nz  Thu Apr  6 23:02:31 2000
From: ihaka@stat.auckland.ac.nz (Ross Ihaka)
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:02:31 +1200
Subject: [Rd] Re: [R] MetaPost device?
In-Reply-To: <20000406182908.A19743@sirio.stat.unipd.it>; from Guido Masarotto on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:29:08PM +0200
References: <005501bf9fd8$2697d420$9570fe8c@lucent.com> <x2ya6r2qea.fsf@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk> <20000406182908.A19743@sirio.stat.unipd.it>
Message-ID: <20000407100231.A2998@stat1.stat.auckland.ac.nz>

On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:29:08PM +0200, Guido Masarotto wrote:

>   The problem with MetaPost (if I understand well) is how
>   you do get metric information about the fonts. 

The metric info problem is what stoped me writing the XFig driver.
Which metrics do you use for Times-Roman for example -- the X11 metrics
or the PostScript metrics?
	
	Ross
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[Rd] Re: [R] MetaPost device?
Ross Ihaka