> > But this does massivly restrict metafonts capabilities. Pens for > > example are not allowed (Metafont with applied handbrake)! > > I agree, metatype1 is not very easy to use if you are familiar > with > metafont already. For existing fonts, mf2pt1 is in general the > best > approach, I think. There is a (patched?) version out there that > delegates most the hard work to fontforge, and it's results are > normally > quite acceptable.
There was once (1990) an article in TUGboat 11:4, pages 525-541 which discribes an patch to mf84. The patched mf could produce type3 fonts. Should'nt it be possible to do the same for type1? Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
