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1Postscript definitions for special troff characters. File names are
2the two character troff names. Each defines a PostScript procedure
3that begins with build_ and ends with the character's name. The
4build_?? procedure is called with the character width as it's only
5argument. The .map files contain extra character data (e.g. image
6data) that dpost downloads immediately after the build_?? call,
7if the character's font table code field is 2 (rather than 1).
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9The following PostScript variables are available:
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11	font		current font
12	ptsize		current point size
13	size		actual font size - scaled up from ptsize
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15Don't overuse this stuff!
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