From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/17653 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Patrick Gundlach" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Extending metapost Date: 27 Dec 2004 20:17:11 +0100 Organization: chaos Message-ID: 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=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104175030 6340 80.91.229.6 (27 Dec 2004 19:17:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Dec 27 20:17:04 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 1Cj0Ma-0002n6-00 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:17:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 884FB127AC; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:17:04 +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 12263-05-7; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:17:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71F41279E; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:17:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C1E1279E for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:17:00 +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 12263-05-6 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:17:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lilly.ping.de (unknown [83.97.42.2]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id D71E11279D for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:16:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (qmail 19907 invoked from network); 27 Dec 2004 19:16:58 -0000 Original-Received: (ofmipd 217.227.175.179); 27 Dec 2004 19:16:36 -0000 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Lieblings-Musik: the_capricorns In-Reply-To: <200412271103.26964.john@wexfordpress.com> (John Culleton's message of "Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:03:26 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) 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:17653 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:17653 Hello, > A worthy project, but one beyond my ability, would be a version of Metafont > that output PostScript instead of bitmapped fonts. This is really trick. There is a lot of non-trivial math involved as far as I can see. See the discussion on tex-fonts one year ago on Analytic Bezier curve intersection for MEATFONT and alike. > 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. No, there is more than that. For example, there is no postscript equivalent of shaped pens on a path in type-1 postscript > Does anyone else dream of such a project? A "lot" of people do. Search for example for metatype1 Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net