At 11:57 AM 11/19/1999 +0100, you wrote: >I wrote: > > no, any TeX using mltex option is independent of encodings. You can > > use CM, EC, Times, ... what you want with any related encoding. > > It would be so easy if all formats around the world were done > > with the mltex option. It's free, standard (as an option can be) and > > without any danger. But life is different ;=) >DR> I meant "the brand of TeX you are using is *usually* not >DR> independent of the (font) encoding you use." > >it should. Only few TeX engines don't accept all font encodings, >which ones? Windows TeX implementations (other than Y&Y TeX) are limited to permutations of Windows ANSI encoding for on screen and non-PS printing. Macintosh TeX implementations are limited to permutations of Macintosh standard encoding for on screen and non-PS printing. (This is for text fonts, non-text fonts like CM have their own hard-wired encoding and are not reencoded). -- Berthold K.P. Horn [log in to unmask]