[OT?] LaTeX fonts in X?

[Joerg Johannes <liste_joerg@gmx.de>]

Hi List

Aren't the LaTeX fonts scalable post-script fonts? I wonder if it is
possible to use, say, the cm-family font just like "normal" X-fonts, eg.
for the GIMP. The idea comes from my need for images containing text.
Using these images in Latex looks ugly if they use other fonts than the
LaTeX-style.
So, is it possible to include the ...texmf...fonts... directories in the
X fontpath?

thanks 

joerg

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