From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/53135 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Using MetaPost to create fonts Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:02 +0200 Message-ID: <4ABB426E.40203@wxs.nl> References: <4ABB3ED0.2090802@swing.be> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253786249 14133 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2009 09:57:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:57:29 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Sep 24 11:57:22 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mql4i-0004Yt-Bi for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53792C9C33; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 92L3Pxd+fg6H; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9298AC9C24; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89B4EC9C22 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 7TTAnhvPp2KE for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41601C9C24 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 10899-1840426 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:57:02 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) In-Reply-To: <4ABB3ED0.2090802@swing.be> X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.100 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:53135 Archived-At: 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________