[comp.text.tex] METAFONT mode_def for G3 fax machines

jtc@motcad.portal.com (J.T. Conklin) (02/15/91)

I have been playing with using METAFONT to generate fonts for me to use 
for facsimile use.  I have generated several different fonts but cannot
find a mode_def that is appropriate.  The generated glyphs are either
too light or the enclosed whitespace gets filled in.

The fundemental problem seems to be that I don't have enough experience
with METAFONT to really know what parameters I should be changing.  Are
there any papers in back issues of TUGboat, etc.  that could give me a
better handle on this.  Even something describing low res dot matrix or
thermal printers would help.

Thanks a lot,

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