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+====== Making outline fonts from MetaFont ======
-title: Making outline fonts from MetaFont
-category: misc
-permalink: /FAQ-textrace
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-`TeXtrace`, originally developed by  PÃ©ter SzabÃ³, is a
-bundle of Unix scripts that use  Martin Weber's freeware boundary
+''[[https://sourceforge.net/projects/textrace/|TeXtrace]]'', originally developed by  Péter Szabó,
-tracing package
+is a [[https://pts.50.hu/textrace/|bundle of Unix scripts]] that use  Martin Weber's freeware
-[`autotrace`](http://autotrace.sourceforge.net) to
+boundary tracing package ''[[http://autotrace.sourceforge.net|autotrace]]''
-generate Type&nbsp;1 outline fonts from MetaFont bitmap
+to  generate Type 1 outline fonts from MetaFont bitmap font outputs.
-font outputs.  The result is unlikely ever to be of the quality of
+The result is unlikely ever to be of the quality of the commercially-produced Type 1 font,
-the commercially-produced Type&nbsp;1 font, but there's always the
+but there's always the [[http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/|FontForge]] font
-[`FontForge`](http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/) font
+editor to tidy things.  Whatever, there remain fonts which many people find useful
-editor to tidy things.  Whatever, there
+and which fail to attract the paid experts, and auto-tracing is providing a useful service here.
-remain fonts which many people find useful and which fail to attract
+Notable sets of fonts generated using ''TeXtrace'' are Péter Szabó's own
-the paid experts, and auto-tracing is providing a useful service here.
+EC/TC font set ''tt2001'' and Vladimir Volovich's CM-Super set,
-Notable sets of
+which covers the EC, TC, and the Cyrillic LH font sets (for details of both of which sets,
-fonts generated using `TeXtrace` are PÃ©ter SzabÃ³'s own
+see [[5_fichiers:fontes:fontes_t1_8bits|"8-bit" type 1 fonts]]).
-EC/TC font set `tt2001` and Vladimir Volovich's
-CM-Super set, which covers the EC, TC, and the
-Cyrillic LH font sets (for details of both of which sets, see
-["8-bit" type 1 fonts](FAQ-type1T1)).
 Another system, which arrived slightly later, is
-[`mftrace`](http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/mftrace/):
+''[[http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/mftrace/|mftrace]]'':
-this is a small `Python` program that does the same job.
+this is a small Python program that does the same job.
-`Mftrace` may use either `autotrace` (like
+''Mftrace'' may use either ''autotrace'' (like ''TeXtrace'')
-`TeXtrace`) or Peter Selinger's
+or Peter Selinger's ''[[http://potrace.sourceforge.net|potrace]]''
-[`potrace`](http://potrace.sourceforge.net) to produce
+to produce the initial outlines to process.  ''Mftrace'' is said to be
-the initial outlines to process.  `Mftrace` is said to be
+more flexible, and easier to use, than is ''TeXtrace'', but both systems
-more flexible, and easier to use, than is `TeXtrace`, but both systems
+are increasingly being used to provide Type 1 fonts to the public domain.
-are increasingly being used to provide Type&nbsp;1 fonts to the public domain.
-The `MetaType1` system aims to use MetaFont font sources, by way
+The ''MetaType1'' system aims to use MetaFont font sources, by way
 of MetaPost and a bunch of scripts and so on, to produce high-quality
-Type&nbsp;1 fonts.  The first results, the
+Type 1 fonts.  The first results, the  [[https://ctan.org/pkg/lm|Latin Modern fonts]],
-[Latin Modern fonts](https://ctan.org/pkg/lm), are now
+are now well-established, and a bunch of existing designs have been reworked
-well-established, and a bunch of existing designs have been reworked
 in MetaType1 format.
-[`Mf2pt1`](https://ctan.org/pkg/Mf2pt1) is another translator of MetaFont font sources by way of
+[[ctanpkg>Mf2pt1|Mf2pt1]] is another translator of MetaFont font sources by way of
-MetaPost; in addition,
+MetaPost; in addition, available, [[ctanpkg>mf2pt1|mf2pt1]] will use
-available, [`mf2pt1`](https://ctan.org/pkg/mf2pt1) will use
+[[http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/|Fontforge]] (if it's
-[`fontforge`](http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/) (if it's
+available) to auto-hint the result of its conversion
-available) to auto-hint the result of its conversion.
+([[ctanpkg>Mf2pt1|Mf2pt1]] is also written in ''perl'').
-([`Mf2pt1`](https://ctan.org/pkg/Mf2pt1) is also written in `perl`.)
+-----
+//Source:// [[faquk>FAQ-textrace|Making outline fonts from MetaFont]]
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