CTAN update: pkfix-helper

Scott Pakin submitted an update to the pkfix-helper package. Version number: 1.6 License type: lppl Summary description: Make PostScript files accessible to pkfix Announcement text:

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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. Version 1.6 includes a large number of improved diagnostic messages and documentation clarifications. The font samples generated with the --tex option are now annotated to indicate any fonts the user asked to be left unmodified and any font mappings forced explicitly by the user. Thanks to Werner Lemberg and Markus Thom for their suggestions on improving pkfix-helper.

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Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau --