Using MetaPost to create fonts

Using MetaPost to create fonts

[Alain Delmotte]

Hi!

I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to create 
full fonts and not only pictures. (In fact to keep the potential of 
METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.)
I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect.

Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost !!!).

Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or email 
address of the persons who are involved?

Thanks,

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Alain
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Re: Using MetaPost to create fonts

[luigi scarso]

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Alain Delmotte <esperanto@swing.be> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to create
> full fonts and not only pictures.



(In fact to keep the potential of METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType
> /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.)
> I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect.
>
> Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost !!!).
>
> Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or email
> address of the persons who are involved?
>
> I really like karel piska.



-- 
luigi

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Re: Using MetaPost to create fonts

[Hans Hagen]

Alain Delmotte wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to create 
> full fonts and not only pictures. (In fact to keep the potential of 
> METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.)
> I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect.
> 
> Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost !!!).
> 
> Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or email 
> address of the persons who are involved?

there is metatype1 (used by the lm/gyre project) and there will be 
metaot for opentype as part of the lm/gyre open type math project)

Hans


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Re: Using MetaPost to create fonts

[Alain Delmotte]

Thanks to both of you Luigi and Hans.

Alain

Hans Hagen a écrit :
> Alain Delmotte wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have the impression that I did see that MetaPost can be used to 
>> create full fonts and not only pictures. (In fact to keep the 
>> potential of METAFONT, but extending it to OpenType 
>> /PostScript/TrueType (??) fonts.)
>> I even think there was mention about Perl in this respect.
>>
>> Did I dream or not (yes I start to dream about ConTeXt and MetaPost 
>> !!!).
>>
>> Could you point me to the right direction and provide links and/or 
>> email address of the persons who are involved?
>
> there is metatype1 (used by the lm/gyre project) and there will be 
> metaot for opentype as part of the lm/gyre open type math project)
>
> Hans
>
>
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