Re: [Groff] *roff for desktop publishing - is it feasible?

[Damian McGuckin]

On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Gerard Lally wrote:

> Well the sample is meaningless; I searched for a "desktop publishing"
> image and chose that one at random as a reasonably complex example of
> what I had in mind. Good typography is one of the reasons I am hoping to
> standardize on *roff. It's going to be a lifetime commitment for me. I
> can see its value with regard to normal document formatting, but I was
> curious to know whether it could be pushed to handle more complex DTP,
> brochure and business card layouts.

I first started using Troff in 1978. Maybe Doug wants to comment on his 
use over time.

I have used it for primarily technical papers, reports, invoices, purchase 
orders, and letters for nearly 40 years. I do not use a separate DTP tool 
although I am an engineer who does research and who writes reports and 
bills people for time+materials.

I have most certainly have used it for our business cards which do use a 
(separately purchased) Adobe font. I have also used groff for brochures 
although its use in that role has been saldly limited by my own (lack of) 
artistic flair. I, like numerous people in the past, am using it for two 
books I am writing. Heaps of people around the world would have used it
for theses.

Regards - Damian

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