CTAN update: mf2pt1
Date: July 8, 2024 8:21:41 AM CEST
Scott Pakin submitted an update to the
mf2pt1
package.
Version: 2.8
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Convert stylized Metafont to PostScript Type 1
Announcement text:
mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont source file. mf2pt1's advantage over tools such as TeXtrace and mftrace is that it does not rely on bitmap tracing and therefore can produce higher-quality Type 1 fonts than trace-based tools. The catch is that mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input so it is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. Version 2.8 of mf2pt1 adds extreme later in the postprocessing script. This change is due to a merge request submitted by Werner Lemberg to the LilyPond project (https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2374).
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/mf2pt1 More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/mf2pt1
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont source file. mf2pt1's advantage over tools such as TeXtrace and mftrace is that it does not rely on bitmap tracing and therefore can produce higher-quality Type 1 fonts than trace-based tools. The catch is that mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the Metafont input so it is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format. Version 2.8 of mf2pt1 adds extreme later in the postprocessing script. This change is due to a merge request submitted by Werner Lemberg to the LilyPond project (https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2374).
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/mf2pt1 More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/mf2pt1
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
mf2pt1 – Convert stylized METAFONT to PostScript Type 1
mf2pt1 is a Perl script that facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a METAFONT source file. It is not, as the name may imply, an automatic converter of arbitrary METAFONT fonts to Type 1 format. mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the METAFONT input. If these restrictions are met, mf2pt1 will produce valid Type 1 output with more accurate control points than can be reverse-engineered by TeXtrace, mftrace, and other programs which convert bitmaps to outline fonts.
Package | mf2pt1 |
Version | 2.8 |
Copyright | 2005–2024 Scott Pakin |
Maintainer | Scott Pakin |