pslatex(1)
π pslatex β the LaTeX glow-up utility π
okay bestie, this is the pslatex page from the General Commands Manual section of the manual, and honestly? she's a little icon. she typesets your LaTeX files using PostScript fonts. that's the whole vibe. β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
pslatex β utility to typeset LaTeX files using PostScript fonts π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
pslatex [LATEXARGS] LATEXFILE[.tex]
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
so here's the tea, bestie: pslatex lets you typeset a LaTeX source file using the basic Adobe Type 1 PostScript fonts β that's Times, Helvetica, and Courier, the holy trinity π
β and the way it does it is iconic: you don't have to edit your file to load the necessary packages. she just handles it. no cap. π
also, she takes any arguments that latex(1) can take. any of them. she's flexible like that. π«Ά
π OPTIONS π
- None. β literally none, bestie. zero flags. she simply is. π
π FILES π
Many. π like, a lot. see the readme file for pslatex.sty β that's where all the deets live.
β SEE ALSO β
latex(1)TEXMF/latex/pslatex/00readme.txt
π BUGS π
found a bug? not me being the one to tell you, but β email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (it's a public mailing list, so everyone gets to see your receipts π).
π AUTHOR π
pslatex was written by David Carlisle. π
this manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. it's now maintained as part of TeX Live. π
fr fr that's the whole page. short, sweet, and serving main character energy. π¦
this page is brought to you by TeX Live, dated 8 March 2022 β mwah, periodt πβ¨
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