From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/36041 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: MetaFont Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:29 +0200 Message-ID: <46C2E5F1.4020500@elvenkind.com> References: <46C2F55C.16406.626127@wwl.musensturm.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187177987 31887 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2007 11:39:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:39:47 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Aug 15 13:39:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ILHE0-0007kC-Ru for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53BB320292; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16009-01-6; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C8AD2027D; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82EA82026E for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 16009-01-5 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from post-26.mail.nl.demon.net (post-26.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.196]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91E62027D for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from boo.demon.nl ([82.161.175.147]:33987 helo=[10.10.0.6]) by post-26.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1ILHDl-000670-IH for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:39:29 +0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070305) In-Reply-To: <46C2F55C.16406.626127@wwl.musensturm.de> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:36041 Archived-At: 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________