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From: Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>
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Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:
>> This, however, will not work:
>> \definefont[Gf][\MyFont sa \MyScale]

> It looks like \MyFont doesn't get expanded when the \definefont command  
> is read, but this is an area of TeX that I find especially opaque...

I see. You need

	\expanded{\definefont[Gf][\MyFont sa \MyScale]}

Or you could \xdef the MyScale (instead of \edef), making it global.

Greetings, Taco