[Rd] Re: [R] MetaPost device?

Ross Ihaka ihaka@stat.auckland.ac.nz
Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:02:31 +1200


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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