[R] MetaPost device?

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Ross Ihaka <ihaka at stat.auckland.ac.nz> writes:

> One option (which I've discussed a bit with Paul) would be to use the
> GNU vector fonts in place of native device fonts -- this would really
> simplify writing device drivers.  The problem is that the GNU fonts
> don't have a complete Latin1 encoding.  

...which would likely generate death threats from the general
direction of Scandinavia, where people actually use the Æ and Ø
letters! Of course, all you need to do is to implement those letters
in the GNU fonts (*first*).

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