Damn braces. Bless relaxes. William Blake Proverbs of Hell THE l$jX USERS GROUP NEWSLETTER EDITORBARBARA BEETON VOLUME5, NUMBER1 MAN 1984 PROVIDENCE RHODEISLAND U.S.A. TUGboat, Volume 5, No. 1 ADDRESSES OF OFFICERS, AUTHORS AND OTHERS BEETON, Barbara GENOLINI, F. MacKAY, Pierre A. STROMQUIST, Ralph American Mathemat~calSociety Universita deglt Studi di Milano University of Washington MACC P.O. Box 6248 Istituto dl Cibernetica Department of Computer Science, FR-35 Unlverslty of W~sconsin Providence, RI 02940 Via Viott 5 Seattle, WA 98195 1210 W. Dayton Street 401-272-9500 20133 Milano, ltaly 206-543-2266 Madison, WI 53706 23.52.93 608-262-8821 BERTELSEN, Erik MacKayQWashlngton GOUCHER, Raymond E. Regional EDP Center. Univ of Aarhus (RECAU) MALLETT, Rick THEDFORD, Rills Ny Munkegade American Mathemat~calSociety Computing Services lntergraph Corporation Sygnlng 540 P.O. 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Seitersweg 35 Univ of Washington Universltb degli Studi di Milano STERKEN, Jim 0-6100 Darmstadt, Fed Rep Germany Computer Science, FR-35 lstltuto di Cibernetea Textset, Inc Seattle. WA 98195 Via Viotti 5 P 0 Box 7993 2065467798 20133 Milano, ltaly Ann Arbor, MI 48107 FurutaQWashington 23.52.93 313-971-3628 TUGboat, the newsletter of the 'QX Users Group (TUG), is published twice each year (generally in the Spring and the Fall) for TUG by the American Mathematical Society, P.O. Box 6248, Providence, RI 02940. Annual dues for individual members of TUG include one subscription to TUGboat; fees are detailed on the membership form bound into the back of this issue. Applications for membership in TUG should be addressed to the Users Group, c/o American Mathematical Society, P.O. Box 1571, Annex Station, Providence, RI 02901; applications must be accompanied by payment. 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Any suggestions concerning subjects to be covered at the meeting should be conveyed to either Joey Tuttle, (415) 327-1700, or Ray Goucher, (401) 272-9500, ext. 232. August 20-24, Arthur Keller will teach a ljjX for Beginners class, comprising four hours of lectures interspersed with four hours of hands-on experience daily. A preliminary program appears on page 13 and a registration form is being mailed with this issue. Preregistration deadline: July 20, 1984. TUG Membership Dues and Privileges Memberships and Subscriptions 1984 dues for individual members are as follows: North America: - New (first-time) members or subscribers: $20. - Membership and subscription renewals: $30. Outside North America (includes air mail postage): - New (first-time) members or subscribers: $25. - Membership and subscription renewals: $35. Membership privileges include all issues of TUGboat published during the member- ship (calendar) year. 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For the present, we are still dependent on the old METAFONT and some very interesting problems have surfaced from the need to MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT generate low-resolution fonts in several closely re- lated pixel densities. The general lesson is that in Pierre MacKay font design you have t,o take a great many factors There is much to celebrate. w "carne of age" into account, not the least of which is the interac- in December. and the wbook is out. Which leads tion of ink and paper on the specific device you are to the first and most urgent of several messages, designing for. It will never be enough just to take a addressed to those members of TUG who may still high-resolution design and cut it down mechanically be using Pw,m80 or one of their offspring. The to low-resolution densities message is, "STOP!" w80is now an interesting At the end of February, there was a lively ex- piece of technological archaeology; it was a necessary change over the mail networks about the possibility step along the way, but it does not offer anything like of establishing some standards for the inclusion of the power of genuine TQX, and it can never improve.