MAG(1)                      General Commands Manual                     MAG(1)



NAME
       mag - computes fontsizes and magsteps

SYNOPSIS
       mag [-Rdpi] magstep . . .

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


DESCRIPTION
       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: 1.2nx300  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.


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

            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:

            -2 0 0.5 1


       The UNIX shells allow command substitution. One can write:

            mag -r -R240 `mag -R240 -2 0 0.5 1`



DATE
       18 December, 1989


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




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