CTAN has a new package: pkfix-helper

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to the mirror that you like best. Thank you, Scott. Jim Hefferon St Michael's College ====================================================================== The following information was provided by the package's contributor. Name of contribution: pkfix-helper Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: /support/pkfix-helper Summary description: Help pkfix process PostScript files produced by ancient versions of dvips License type: lppl Announcement text given by the package's contributor:

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pkfix is a useful utility for replacing resolution-dependent bitmapped fonts in a dvips-produced PostScript file with the corresponding resolution-independent vector fonts. Unfortunately, pkfix needs to parse certain PostScript comments that appear only in files produced by dvips versions later than 5.58 (ca. 1996); it fails to work on PostScript files produced by older versions of dvips. pkfix-helper is a program that attempts to insert newer-dvips comments into an older-dvips PostScript file, thereby making the file suitable for processing by pkfix. pkfix-helper can sometimes process documents fully autonomously but does require the user to verify and, if needed, correct its decisions.

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