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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.
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                      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.
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                     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.
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                     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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