[texhax] running metafont for the first time

[Steve Peter]

On Jul 25, 2006, at 2:21 PM, John R. Culleton wrote:

> As you may know Metapost, a brilliant early effort at a font
> creation language, produces bitmapped characters,

MetaFont produces bitmapped characters. MetaPost produces PostScript,  
but isn't geared toward font production. MetaType1 attempts to bridge  
the gap.