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NAME
fontinst - utility to run TeX as fontinst
SYNOPSIS
fontinst package
DESCRIPTION
fontinst runs tex(1) with the --progname flag set to pretend to be the program fontinst (affecting Karl Berry paths). Typing fontinst fontinst.sty will start tex(1) and give the user an interactive prompt (*) where fontinst commands can be typed (such as \latinfamily{ptm}{}\bye).
SEE ALSO
tex(1) The fontinst manual, fontinst.tex. Web page: <http://tug.org/applications/fontinst/>
BUGS
None known, but report any bugs found to tex-fonts@tug.org (mailing list).
AUTHOR
Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de> This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It may be used by other distributions without contacting the author. Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author).