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+The package includes 88 basic fonts of the Computer Modern font family
+that were designed by D.E.Knuth. as well as the most usefull AMS fonts:
+Euler family and symbols. Totally, 52 fonts are included into BaKoMa/AMS.
+The fonts are in a ATM compatible PostScript Type 1 font format (PFB+AFM+PFM)
+as well as in a TrueType font format (TTF).
+
+This font set can be used for typesetting most of (La)TeX documents:
+
+- printing documents on a PostScript printer
+ by using, for example, Rokiki's DVIPS;
+
+- printing documents on a wide set of matrix printers
+ by using DVIPS and GhostScript.
+
+- drawing slides on vector plotters by using PostScript 'plot.ps' program
+ which is supplied with the collection.
+ For drawing documents on HPGL plotters, the 'ps2hpgl' utility can be used.
+ It is available in 'ftp.mathworks.com' host
+ in the '/pub/contrib/tools' directory.
+
+- displaing documents under MS Windows by using TrueType version of
+ those fonts or by using PostScript version with ATM.
+ For this case, fonts have specific encoding. Please read the
+ section about font encoding before using these fonts with MS Windows.