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Re: [Groff] testing for a font in a macro


From: Peter Schaffter
Subject: Re: [Groff] testing for a font in a macro
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:54:34 -0400
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2005, Jason St Armand wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there a way to check for the existance of a font before setting it
> ?  I am trying to set the font to CR which works for postscript
> output, but when I preview with -T ascii I get a warning message about
> CR not being available.
> 
> I am happy to ignore the error, but ideally would like to substitute R
> if CR is not available.

Recent versions of groff include

    .if F

which tests for the existence of a font.  Is that what you're
looking for?

-- 
Peter Schaffter
  Author of _The Schumann Proof_ (RendezVous Press, Canada)
  http://faustus.dyn.ca




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