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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:28:12 -0700
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From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] troff fonts with special characters
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com> wrote:

> Has anyone experimented with using TeX to generate equations, store them as .eps, and then insert them into troff in some way that makes:
>
> .BP eqn1.eps
> .EP
>
> look like
>
> .EQ (1)
> sqrt{ {x sup 2 + x + 1} over {x - 1}}
> .EN
>
> Only without the broken font/line drawing when converted from postscript to pdf?
>
> Convoluted I know, but it sure would make $\sqrt{ {{x^2 + x + 1}\over {x-1}} }$ look more acceptable in a PDF generated on Plan 9 from troff source.

now you're getting silly :-)

ron