[comp.sources.d] translator from METAFONT to PostScript available

dberry@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Berry) (12/11/90)

mf2ps is now available for anonymous ftp

This is the program described in the paper 
S. Yanai, D.M. Berry, "Environment for Translating METAFONT to PostScript",
_TUGboat_ 11:4, 525-541, 1990

mf2ps was obtained by splitting the METAFONT program into a front-end and a
back-end at precisely the point that the envelope of a character is
determined. This envelope is then output as a PostScript outline program.

It is available in compressed shar format for anonymous ftp from

shemp.cs.ucla.edu (131.179.128.34)
in file pub/mf2ps.shar.Z

Thus uncompressing it yields something to be executed by sh.

Enjoy
Dan
-- 
Prof. Daniel M. Berry, Computer Science Department, Technion, Haifa 32000 ISRAEL
+972-4-294325, DBERRY@TECHSEL.bitnet dberry@cs.technion.ac.il
Dr. Daniel M. Berry, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213, +1-412-268-7778 dberry@sei.cmu.edu FAX:+1-412-268-5758

cline@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Nick Cline) (12/13/90)

Tried to compile on a sun, but need the mflib.a archive (or sources thereto).
If anyone can send me either (or make available via ftp) I would be
grateful.

Nick Cline
cline@silver.ucs.indiana.edu