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.
There was once (1990) an article in TUGboat 11:4, pages 525-541 which discribes an patch to mf84. The patched mf could produce type3 fonts. Should'nt it be possible to do the same for type1? Wolfgang
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:
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.
There was once (1990) an article in TUGboat 11:4, pages 525-541 which discribes an patch to mf84. The patched mf could produce type3 fonts. Should'nt it be possible to do the same for type1?
Not without a lot of effort. Type3 fonts allow all sorts of stuff that is illegal in Type1, like overlapping and mixing of strokes and fills. Best wishes, Taco
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