Hello i've recently found this doc, published in 2019, about a METAFONT module for Freetype :
https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb40-2/tb125choi-freetype2.pdf also found this one : (must be subscribed to springer or research gate, i have the pdf as I am a member of an academic institution) : https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342022857_Rendering_high-quality_PK_bitmap_font_in_Linux_environment is a metafont, GF and PK driver in Freetype been ever considered ? Vincent