[mod.computers.laser-printers] Hello METAFONT users

tml@fingate.BITNET (Tor Lillqvist) (07/25/86)

I would be interested in hearing from people out there using METAFONT
to create new fonts (or re-creating some existing, presumably
non-protected, font). For instance, is anybody working on such fonts
as:
        o script
        o old classics such as Garamond, Bodoni, Caslon,
          Baskerville etc.
        o Times Roman (tm), Helvetica (tm) lookalikes
        o symbols, ornaments, pictograms, etc.

It would be nice if you were willing to share your achievements.

I myself have made attempts at the DIN standard technical lettering
font, which isn't very good (yet), and (with more success) the OCR-A
font (this was easy, the translation to METAFONT was rather
straightforward). I posted the OCR-A font to net.sources some time ago.

Respond by mail, I will summarize to the net.

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