Metafont to Type 1 font

[Primoz Peterlin]

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On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:

> Is there any (handy) way of translating Metafont
> (or GF and TFM files from it) to PostScript Type 1 font?

Probably the best bet is TeXtrace, <http://www.inf.bme.hu/~pts/textrace/>.

> There're lots of discussion about installing already existing
> Type 1 fonts, but I cannot find how to make Type 1 fonts
> in the first place?

This doesn't make sense. If you want to use them with TeX, original
Metafonts will almost always (unless you are really really good - but then
you wouldn't be asking questions like these, would you?) be superior to
the Type 1 fonts you convert them to.

Best regards, Primo&zcaron;

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