[comp.laser-printers] Computer Modern and PostScript outlines

Southall.pa@XEROX.COM (09/13/87)

 Sorry folks, I goofed (in my message of 29 June).

You *can't* make PostScript outlines of Computer Modern with
Metafont by setting tracingchoices to 1 and editing the log file.
This is because Knuth's code for Computer Modern uses pens of
finite size, and tracingchoices writes the pen track to the log file
rather than the outline of the shape the pen draws.

This must be true, because I had it from Knuth himself. The trick
worked with my design because I didn't use pens, but drew the
character outlines directly.

My heartfelt apologies to anyone who has wasted time trying to
do what can't be done.

Richard Southall