From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/17665 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Extending metapost Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:00 +0100 Message-ID: <41D12F90.6070201@elvenkind.com> References: <40DC4CDF.2090904@wxs.nl> <20040628104035.018602bf@glenlivet.elvenkind.com> <200412271103.26964.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104228255 26630 80.91.229.6 (28 Dec 2004 10:04:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:04:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Dec 28 11:04:09 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CjED3-0003vI-00 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C784127AA; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17262-06; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6226C12771; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BEF12771 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17482-03 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from glenfiddich.elvenkind.com (unknown [213.84.171.68]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5AD1276B for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:04:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by glenfiddich.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EFE811559 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:01:09 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from glenfiddich.elvenkind.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (glenfiddich.elvenkind.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12240-10 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:01:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [10.10.0.6] (glenlivet.elvenkind.com [10.10.0.6]) by glenfiddich.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17CC011554 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:01:08 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <200412271103.26964.john@wexfordpress.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at elvenkind.net X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:17665 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:17665 John Culleton wrote: > > A worthy project, but one beyond my ability, would be a version of Metafont > that output PostScript instead of bitmapped fonts. 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. The truth is that nearly none of the necessary labor was done. Type 1 fonts are in fact a somewhat different language from normal PostScript, even with a somewhat different imaging model behind it. For one thing, Type 1 does not allow shapes to overlap, and for another, it does not allow "white erasing". > Does anyone else dream of such a project? Yes, I do. And I am even willing to invest time in such a thing. But the truth is: I am not familiar with the maths involved. I'd need a very good book on the subject (2-D equation solving) and a lot of help. MetaType1 works, but it makes some very strict demands on the input source, and I don't like that. I'd much prefer a system that accepts 'standard' MF sources. Greetings, Taco