Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: >>> Has anybody ever tried to rewrite metafont to produce type1 >> fonts? >> >> Yes. The Gyre project is using an extended Metapost to generate >> Type1 >> and OTF fonts. >> >> > > That's MetaType1? > 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. Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________
