Re: [NTG-context] Using MetaPost to create fonts
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Alain Delmotte espera...@swing.be wrote: Hi! I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to create full fonts and not only pictures. (In fact to keep the potential of METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.) I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect. Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost !!!). Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or email address of the persons who are involved? I really like karel piska. -- luigi ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Using MetaPost to create fonts
Alain Delmotte wrote: Hi! I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to create full fonts and not only pictures. (In fact to keep the potential of METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.) I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect. Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost !!!). Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or email address of the persons who are involved? there is metatype1 (used by the lm/gyre project) and there will be metaot for opentype as part of the lm/gyre open type math project) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Using MetaPost to create fonts
Thanks to both of you Luigi and Hans. Alain Hans Hagen a écrit : Alain Delmotte wrote: Hi! I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to create full fonts and not only pictures. (In fact to keep the potential of METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.) I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect. Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost !!!). Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or email address of the persons who are involved? there is metatype1 (used by the lm/gyre project) and there will be metaot for opentype as part of the lm/gyre open type math project) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___ ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
