Metafont
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Metafont is written in [[WEB]]. | Metafont is written in [[WEB]]. | ||
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:43, 9 April 2016
Metafont is a font generation program associated with TeX. Its main function is to convert an .mf source font to a .gf (Generic Font) file and a .tfm (TeX Font Metrics) file. Typically, one would then convert the .gf file to some other standard font format.
Metafont is written in WEB.
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[edit] Identification
A GF file begins with bytes f7 83.
[edit] Software
- Metafont (also at mf.zip)
- mfware - Supporting tools for Metafont (also at mfware.zip)
[edit] Sample files
- http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ .../*.mf (e.g. cm/mf/)
