On 25/10/05, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Knuth also argues in METAFONT that slanted will make it easier for
> > typeface designers to produce multiple faces from a single style.
>
> So can they get a slanted face out of an MM font?

This is my recollection of Knuth's assertion[1].  Then again, those
kinds of big assertions often come with new products (I did it
overnight, the permutations were easy and attractive).  I've never
touched metafont, other than enjoying the beauty of its results,
computer modern.  I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else has made
beautiful families of fonts from metafont.

yours,
Sam R.

[1] Knuth, Donald E. /TeX and METAFONT: new directions in
typesetting/. Bedford, Mass. : Digital Press, 1979. (cyclostyled from
conference papers).

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