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        !             2: Troff to PostScript translator. The big change is in the font table
        !             3: routines. The old binary format and makedev are gone. Troff and dpost
        !             4: now both read ASCII tables. Translating the ASCII font tables in dpost
        !             5: (and troff) means some startup overhead. Both programs run a bit slower,
        !             6: but it's a small price to pay for the added flexibility.
        !             7: 
        !             8: Long PostScript font names can now be included in the font tables.
        !             9: They should follow the fontname keyword as in,
        !            10: 
        !            11:        fontname Times-Roman
        !            12: 
        !            13: The fontname field helps with the DocumentFonts comment, font name
        !            14: abbreviations (formally required to be in the prologue), and is used
        !            15: to manage host resident fonts.
        !            16: 
        !            17: dpost can also now calculate a reasonably tight BoundingBox, which
        !            18: helps picture inclusion. By default the calculations are disabled.
        !            19: Use the -B option when you BoundingBox and PageBoundingBox comments.
        !            20: If you're stubborn and always want the comment set dobbox (in file
        !            21: dpost.c) to TRUE. You'll still need -B to get the the best fit.
        !            22: 
        !            23: Most other changes are bug fixes. Color support has been improved,
        !            24: and now works with the drawing routines. The different text encoding
        !            25: schemes are all still in. Level 2 is well tested and is now the default.
        !            26: For a different default change DFLTENCODING (file dpost.h). Don't make
        !            27: level 3 the default unless you can live with ragged right margins.
        !            28: 
        !            29: A typical command line would be,
        !            30: 
        !            31:     pic file | tbl | eqn | troff -mm | dpost >file.ps
        !            32: 
        !            33: file.ps is PostScript and can be sent directly to a printer.
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