At 10:14 1998-12-11 +0000, you wrote: >Speaking as a user, and knowing what is needed in my world >(author-prepared manuscripts for conference proceedings, journals, >making posters, overheads etc), what is needed which is not in the >`core' is psfrag, natbib, custom-bib. Also, authors often need to Leave out psfrag, and all PS-only hacks, and TeX-only graphics methods. Best to use standard tools for creating EPS or TIFF files (for ` vector graphics' and images respectively). >`\usepackage{times}'. Whether or not that has the desired effect >depends on how the fonts are set up etc. So perhaps some set of core >font installation would be needed as well. I think these days TeX systems come (or should come) with the required style and *.fd and *.tfm files to support non-CM fonts. Witness teTeX and OzTeX which now include support for MathTime and LucidaBright, dramatically simplifying installation and use. See http://www.yandy.com/support.htm#texfonts Regards, Berthold. Y&Y, Inc. mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.YandY.com