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diff --git a/print/pktrace/pkg-descr b/print/pktrace/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fb1590554a57 --- /dev/null +++ b/print/pktrace/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +pktrace is a small Python program that lets you trace a TeX bitmap font into +a PFA or PFB font (A PostScript Type1 Scalable Font). + +Type1 fonts offer many advantages over bitmaps, as they allow PostScript +files to render correctly on printers with many resolutions. Moreover, +Ghostscript can generate much better PDF, if given scalable fonts. + +WWW: http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/pktrace/ |