[comp.fonts] Metafont -> Adobe on NeXT Question

thomsen@spf.trw.com (Mark R. Thomsen) (05/11/91)

I be new here so this may be an old question, but ...

Some of us in my shop use NeXT computers. The fonts we use
in WriteNow, FrameMaker, and most programs are provided by
Adobe. To get new fonts we send away money to get Type 1
files to install.

We also have TeX and Metafont running on the machines. There
are lots of good fonts in Metafont form - the Computer Modern
series I find pleasing. So much so that I wish I could use
them in WriteNow, FrameMaker, et.al. I am only a novice TeX
user and do not desire to do my work using TeX instead of
WriteNow. 

Questions: Is there a program that translates Metafont files
into Type 1 files? If the program exists, where is it and
how do I get it? Or, has someone produced Type 1 Computer
Modern files that I can install on the NeXT?

Thanks in advance,

Mark T. Thomsen