Joining dvi Files at the Hip and Other Novel Applications of VF Files
Don Hosek · 1991
When the utility of XPL files was revealed at the 1989 TUG meeting at Stanford University, and Donald Knuth announced that he would be working on an updated format for use with m, it was expected that this new format, VF, would become quickly and widely accepted in the community. As it turns out, nearly two years after the creation of the format, the use of VF files is still fairly rare. This is due partly to lack of understanding of what can be done with VF files and partly to a lack of tools for implementing these capabilities. This paper will seek to fill both gaps: by presenting an introduction to what can be done with virtual fonts and also by describing some recently created utilities to facilitate the implementation of their potential.