3BSD/usr/man/man1/vtroff.1

.TH VTROFF 1 2/24/79
.UC
.SH NAME
vtroff \- troff to the Versatec
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vtroff
[
\fB\-F\fR majorfont
] [
\fB\-123\fR minorfont
] [
\fB\-l\fIlength\fR
]
troff arguments
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Vtroff
runs
.IR troff (1)
in an environment to produce typeset output on the Versatec,
four pages across.
The
.B \-l
(lower case l) option causes the output to be split onto successive pages
every
.I length
inches rather than the default 11''.
.PP
The default font is a Hershey font.  If some other font is desired
you can give a
.B \-F
argument and then the font name.  This will place normal, italic and
bold versions of the font on positions 1, 2, and 3.
To place a font only on a singe position, you can give an argument of
the form
.B \-\fIn\fR
and the minor font name.  A \fB.r\fR will be added to the minor
font name if needed.  Thus ``vtroff \-ms paper'' will set a paper
in the Hershey font, while ``vtroff \-F nonie \-ms paper''
will set the paper in the (sans serif) nonie font.
.SH FILES
.DT
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.vcat		default font mounts and bug fixes
.br
/usr/lib/fontinfo/*			fixes for other fonts
.br
/usr/lib/vfont			directory containing fonts
.SH SEE ALSO
troff(1), nettroff(1), vfont(5), vpr(1)
.SH BUGS
Since some macro packages work correctly only if the fonts
named R, I, B, and S are mounted, and since the Versatec fonts
have different widths for individual characters than the fonts
found on the typesetter, the following dodge was necessary:
If you don't use the ``.fp'' troff directive
then you get the widths of the standard typesetter fonts
suitable for shipping the output of
troff over the network to the computer center A machine for phototypesetting.
If, however, you remount the R, I, B and S fonts, then you get
the width tables for the Versatec.
.PP
There are a number of problems with the font files.
See
.IR vfont (5)
for a partial list.