The following paper, "Chinese Character Synthesis using METAPOST", was recently mentioned in a thread on the teTeX mailing list. It's an interesting read.
http://www.tug.org/tug2003/preprints/Yiu/yiu.pdf -- Tom Emerson Basis Technology Corp. Software Architect http://www.basistech.com "Beware the lollipop of mediocrity: lick it once and you suck forever"
