[Fontinst] ugly asterisk in typewriter fonts

[Walter Schmidt]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:15:34 +0100 (MEZ), Walter Schmidt wrote:

>First, the algorithm fails, if the height of the asterisk needs 
>no fix at all; second, it does -- of course -- not really center 
>the asterisk vertically.  Any ideas?

Is there really no subroutine provided for vertical centering? 
What about the following approach:

\resetint{vaxis}{%
  \scale{\sub{\height{parenleft}}{\depth{parenleft}}}{500}}

\resetglyph{asterisk}
  \moveup{\neg{%
     \sub{\scale{\sub{\height{asterisk}}{\depth{asterisk}}}{500}}{\int{vaxis}}}}
  \glyph{asterisk}{1000}
  \resetdepth{0}
\endresetglyph

-- 
Walter