Hello, > A worthy project, but one beyond my ability, would be a version of Metafont > that output PostScript instead of bitmapped fonts.
This is really trick. There is a lot of non-trivial math involved as far as I can see. See the discussion on tex-fonts one year ago on Analytic Bezier curve intersection for MEATFONT and alike. > It seems that the bulk of the necessary labor was done in the > creation of Metapost. All that is needed is the production of a pfb > file and an afm file instead of individual graphics files. No, there is more than that. For example, there is no postscript equivalent of shaped pens on a path in type-1 postscript > Does anyone else dream of such a project? A "lot" of people do. Search for example for metatype1 Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
