John Culleton wrote:
A worthy project, but one beyond my ability, would be a version of Metafont that output PostScript instead of bitmapped fonts. 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.
The truth is that nearly none of the necessary labor was done. Type 1 fonts are in fact a somewhat different language from normal PostScript, even with a somewhat different imaging model behind it. For one thing, Type 1 does not allow shapes to overlap, and for another, it does not allow "white erasing".
Does anyone else dream of such a project?
Yes, I do. And I am even willing to invest time in such a thing. But the truth is: I am not familiar with the maths involved. I'd need a very good book on the subject (2-D equation solving) and a lot of help. MetaType1 works, but it makes some very strict demands on the input source, and I don't like that. I'd much prefer a system that accepts 'standard' MF sources. Greetings, Taco